At 7:30 this morning, our power went out. It’s amazing how quiet it gets when there’s no electricity… I sometimes wonder what that constant hum is doing to us. Anyway, I was a little nervous because we’re having company today and I had a little cooking and baking to do. I calmed myself by realizing [...]
Filed under: General on December 25th, 2008 | No Comments »
The other day, I wrote a post about A Day Without a Bag, the Heal the Bay-sponsored event in Los Angeles taking place on Thursday, December 18th. In support of the idea, I suggested we participate from afar. (Plus I have some readers in Los Angeles.)
Looks like it’s going to be easy here in Corvallis/Albany… [...]
Filed under: General on December 17th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Heal the Bay down in Los Angeles county is coordinating their second annual Day Without a Bag event on December 18th. The event itself is only for LA county, but I decided to pilfer the idea and let you all know about it too. Can you go one full day without using a disposable bag? [...]
Filed under: General on December 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’d like to hear from readers who participate in gift-giving during the holidays… what are your plans this year? Either with your family or within the community, or both? Is the economy having a bearing on your plans?
There was an article recently in the Seattle PI about how local gift-giving plans are not really changing, [...]
Filed under: Friends, General on December 8th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For the last three days, I thought our ISP web host had totally killed our site. Some migration failure on their part & they were none too quick with a response, either.
Good times.
Filed under: General on December 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
