OK, let’s talk about frugality. About the “use it up, ware it out, make it do” kind of frugality. I grew up on one of the last mixed crop, pretty much self sufficient small farms in the U.S. before the rediscovery of the concept in the 1970s by organic farmers. My parents were married pre-WWII […]
Absolutes in Transition
In this series of posts that I began yesterday I am looking at this past week’s significant newsworthy developments with an eye toward what crucial and competing cultural processes are at work in the world today and what they might signify within our culture. These events are: the Occupy groups the outing of corrupt college […]
Everybody Look What's Going Down
I personally think some “major shit is going down” as we used to say early in my youth. Life doesn’t run smoothly even when it is running smoothly, it comes in bunches, in fits and starts. Statisticians know clusters occur and folk wisdom also shows an appreciation of this in sayings such as, “things happen […]
16 Days to Learn About and Act Against Gender Violence
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence is approaching its 21st anniversary with a campaign theme, “From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Let’s Challenge Militarism and End Violence Against Women!” The Rutgers site explains that, “Participants chose the dates November 25– International Day Against Violence Against Women- and December 10– International […]
When Rainbows Greet You
Man oh man it was difficult to get through this weekend’s posting schedule. Posting every day is no easy task. If I can get through this month of Nablopomo, which is short speak for National Blog Posting Month, then posting 5 days a week which is my ultimate goal and one of the reasons NaBloPoMo […]
A Brief Post on Images
Finding the right image for your blog post, brochure, or graphic project need not be expensive. Now admittedly, if you have lots of funds to support your graphic design needs then searches on stock photo sites need not be a complicated task. The more restricted your budget is the more challenging it can be to […]