iz’s 2nd birthday fash. Today the kids are excited: they were invited to a party with other little girls. Not just any other little girls, but fellow Barbie aficionados. A dear friend of Miss Vero’s invited us. “The girls will love it,” she says “our … Read More →
Category Archives: Manifestos
Curtain.
Scene: Curtain rises on our heroine, slightly older and a tinge more single than the last time we met. The plants have all died, except for a few mints who will outlive the oldest cockroach at the end of time. Empty pots scattered in a … Read More →
Happy Birthday…Old
Geriatric, originally uploaded by duncan. Ok, so my B-day is approaching…at a creeping crawly rate, it’s not so much the date as the aching pain in my knees as I joyfully bound up the stairs…and down the stairs…and up the stairs that reminds me that … Read More →
Reusable Grocery Bags and “My Cold, Dead Hands”
Plastic Bags with…Plastic Bags inside.hm part2 by scottwyden I was going through the list of bloggers who will be at this years BlogOrlando Conference in September and came across Lorrie Delk Waker’s Banning Plastic Bags Article. Amused by the way people are associating (scapegoating) plastic … Read More →
Who Are You?
Simplemom.net tells me I should narrow down my daily blog intake to a healthy amount, citing 75 as a bit much (then what is 104?). They say it will help me with my time management. Yeah… I just don’t see that happening anytime soon. I … Read More →
Chasing Utopia
Read this article in the New York Times, via a link from this article on Techno-Urban Survivalism (they are discussing turning all the glass condos on the stagnant market into green houses, really has nothing to do with voluntary simplicity) at TreeHugger.com. And after … Read More →
Season of Change
Today was a celebration! We celebrated Solaris’ 4 years of existence ana Angry Chef Boy’s 30 days of sobriety. I’m celebrating both with a nice Napa Cab. It’s from a winery called Bohemian Highway–the last bottle misplaced amongst the Vermouth’s and covered in fingerprints. I … Read More →