This weekend has been busy, and yet not. I haven’t been searching for anything, just doing. Being. I’ve spent quite a bit of time reading. I spent my monthly book budget buying books to further my knowledge in the areas of “green” home and body care. I’ve read Return to Beauty: Old-World Recipes for Great…
Book Reviews, Green, Unplasticizing
Book Review: Slow Death By Rubber Duck
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Several weeks ago, wandering through Borders books, I was glancing through the environmental section and saw the title of this book. I was of course intrigued, and picked it up to examine it. I put it back down and considered it for later reading. I’ve been formulating some plans for right livelihood and a new…
Experiments, Kitchen
Experiments In Homemade Home Products
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This was a busy weekend, and a rather self-imposed one at that. Saturday I had a great burst of energy, and I decided to try out some recipes I have found for various home cleaning products. And I have not one photo to document it all because I never remember until afterwards. *sigh*. Next time.…
Wellbeing
Taking Stock Part 4: Enlightened
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There’s a reason the title of this blog starts with “documenting the journey”. I’m nowhere near an expert on any of the things listed there. I decided to take a tally of where I am now, beginning this process, so later I can look back and see where I’ve come from. Here in part 4,…
Unplasticizing
Setting Myself Up For Failure
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I’ve had a good few days since sunday, but on the green side it hasn’t been the best of times. I’m always conscious these days about my plastic and disposables consumption, and I try to stay within the boundaries I’ve set for myself. That’s not always possible, and these few days have shown me where…
Frugal
Taking Stock part 3: Frugal
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There’s a reason the title of this blog starts with “documenting the journey”. I’m nowhere near an expert on any of the things listed there. I decided to take a tally of where I am now, beginning this process, so later I can look back and see where I’ve come from. Here in part 3,…
Green
Taking Stock Part 2: Green/Sustainable
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There’s a reason the title of this blog starts with “documenting the journey”. I’m nowhere near an expert on any of the things listed there. I decided to take a tally of where I am now, beginning this process, so later I can look back and see where I’ve come from. I warn you, the…
Simple
Taking Stock Part 1: Simple
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There’s a reason the title of this blog starts with “documenting the journey”. I’m nowhere near an expert on any of the things listed there. I decided to take a tally of where I am now, beginning this process, so later I can look back and see where I’ve come from. I warn you, the…
Musings, Wellbeing
Meditative Work
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Today I spent the day at the Village Renaissance Festival in Bucks County, PA. I’ve been a participant/performer at renfaires for about 13 years. While once I was a performer in a madrigal group, now I do demonstrations of weaving and spinning. Some interested (and some quite bored) children come around and their parents show…