The first time my family bought a house, I remember my stepmom and I connected over the idea of sustainable living. That is when she told me about composting toilets. You see, the reason we can’t use our poop directly as manure to fertilize our gardens is because our poop contains bacteria and viruses thatContinue reading “Composting Toilets”
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A Childhood Memory
The toddler woke up. She was in a crib, in the room her mother had grown up in, at her grandmother’s house. She knew it was her grandmother’s house because of the light ruffled curtains on the windows along the outside side wall. On this day, It was summer, but if it was Christmastime, thereContinue reading “A Childhood Memory”
Christmas
Here I am criticizing myself because I haven’t even written about Christmas,. “How can you write a blog at Christmastime and not even mention Christmas?” I ask myself. “What is wrong with me?!” Is there such a thing as ‘Holiday Trauma?’ Because if there is, I have it. In my mind everyday is just likeContinue reading “Christmas”
I Dreamed
last night I dreamed I married myself. The bride was a short hourglass shaped woman in a puffy lavendar sequined dress, with a lavendar satin rose on top of a lavendar veil; and the groom was tall thin female in tuxedo and a top hat. As I looked up to myself in the dream, IContinue reading “I Dreamed”
Demilitarized Zone
Why I Didn’t Like Sports
The first sport she didn’t like was “Kick the Can.” The way it worked was a big teacher kicked the can into a crowd of children and then everybody scrambled to kick the can, where? She didn’t know, but there were no fouls. Just a bunch of competitive maniacs butting in on each other tryingContinue reading “Why I Didn’t Like Sports”
Transition to Sports
One of the reasons that I have not accomplished my sustainability goals is because I let myself get distracted. So, while thinking about my goals, I drifted of into the goal of writing a book, and I thought collaborating with a friend who follows popular America sports would be a good idea. So, I startedContinue reading “Transition to Sports”
An Old Mill
GO TO: /http://www.museumofappalachia.org
Extending my Definition of Sustainability
This image is a blurry photograph of my mother’s etching, “Summer Oaks and Porch”, which was used as the cover of the second Fuzzy Mountain String Band album cover in 1972 after the tragic death of my mother in a car accident. My definition of Sustainable Living being ‘living in such a way that oneContinue reading “Extending my Definition of Sustainability”
Sustainable Living
I believe in sustainable living, which I define as ‘living in a way that is compatible with the environment in which one lives’ ; but, just because I believe in sustainable living does not mean that I have achieved that sort of lifestyle — far from it. Sustainable living is a goal that I wantContinue reading “Sustainable Living”
