Instead of doing an Earth Hour, with no lights, I decided it might be an interesting experience to try an Earth Shabbat: 24 hours with no unnecessary power ( Read more... )

I've been reading A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. plumjudy recommended it to me ages ago and I finally picked it up at the library. I want to share a few quotes that have struck me that I need to further ponder or be reminded of.

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I've been learning a lot lately about really important things like perspective and integrity.

optimystik and I purchased a few books from Amazon and I've really been enjoying one. It's a parenting book called, Above All, Be Kind by Zoe Weil. I've read the first 30 pages and am stopping there because it's enough for now. Those first thirty pages are potent ( Read more... )

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NFDS - The Guide

Nature, Foreground, Detail, and Shape


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I am afraid for Obama. I think he'll likely make a supah fine president... but I also think some white supremacist jackass is going to attempt to assassinate him.

I've stayed out of US politics since leaving the country. When I realised that the conservatives in Canada are more liberal than the US democrats, I just gave up. roxy_fondue knows more about the ( Read more... )

EC continues apace. We pee and poo A several times a day, though it's exciting when we actually save a diaper (meaning we take a diaper off clean and put the same one back on clean after he's done his business). What mostly ends up happening is we take a diaper off that has a skidmark on it from a wet fart, let him do his business, then put a fresh ( Read more... )

Diaper-free babies' fad swells, despite critics -- they bill it as potty training, but it's not training. It's paying attention to the signals that your child gives you that he or she needs to pee or poo. You can help them relax and let them know they're in the proper place to pee/poo by using cuing sounds, but not all parents use cues. Likewise, ( Read more... )

10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World

Tell me about your favourite trees. Not necessarily your favourite types, but actual, specific trees that have made a lasting impression in your life.

( here are some of mine )

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I read somewhere recently (was it in The Spell of the Sensuous?) that a shaman's role is to act as mediator between the people and the land. When there is an imbalance in the relationship between the people and the land due to the actions of the people, that imbalance will manifest as sickness and disease among the people ( Read more... )