low-stress ideas for living a deeper shade of green
We all know that taking care of our teeth is very important. What makes a health and sustainable smile? Let’s consider tooth brushes, their impact on our environment, and our toothpaste. The Toothbrush: Did you know that in the US every year some 450 million plastic toothbrushes make their way to landfills?. Most of those [...]
They don’t call it the Garden State for nothin’, New Jersey produces some of the best produce in the nation. Last month on my way to our old radio station www.homegrownradionj.com, where I still do a music show with my brother on the Uncle Buggy Show, when I’m in town, I stopped at Silver Lake [...]
While visiting my dear friend Alex in Vermont, I met and spent quite a bit of time with the lovely and witty Gwen Huneck who is “the woman behind the curtain” in the world of her artist husband Stephen Huneck and their love of dog’s seen in his paintings, carvings, books and their dog-centric place [...]
In the year 2000 I found myself quite by accident working with the Lake Placid Film Forum, and I proceeded to coordinate the festival for the following 3 years. Normally I got there 6 weeks before the event and needed to get 6 months worth of work done. Needless to say, I never left Main [...]
Next stop Maine. After a lovely visit in CT with my 5th grade steady, where I didn’t need my new boots because we went sailing – ahhhhhh – I decide to get a quick visit in with my future daughter-in-law before she headed back to Austin, TX. Mel grew up in Kennedbunkport, ME and you can [...]
In my travels up to Kennebunkport, ME, I ran into Michael Bartner, VP of Slow Money.org. Turns out he is a childhood friend of my future daughter-in-law. In March of 2011 we spoke with the founder Slow Money and author the book Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money: Investing as if Food, Farms and Fertility Mattered, Woody Tasch, on [...]
The evening after my last post at my stop at the Mormon Pioneer Trail site in Nebraska, I found a really sweet public camp site that was only $5 and tucked into a nice wooded area. Of course I forgot to write the name of the place and now am not quite sure where is it. [...]
So, here I find myself grabbing my new Patagonia hiking boots from PlanetShoes.com again. Every summer I go to South Dakota and camp with friends. It’s pretty much due north from Austin and I have a few good choices of routes to take. My favorite is U.S. Route 83 which stretches from Texas to North Dakota. It’s almost [...]
I’ve had the good fortune to travel a lot for work and play. This past year I hung out in my hometown in North Jersey so I could work with my sister, Green Diva Meg. One of the upsides has been spending time in the woods of my youth. And it’s been even more fun with [...]
Thought I’d take a break from the road on my drive from NJ to Austin. Was so glad to have my new Patagonia boots from PlanetShoes.com to assist me on some trail walkin’ exercise. This is when I stopped in Virginia.
