My sourdough culture is dead. Again. I don’t know why I can’t seem to get this thing to live. I am alive. My pets are alive. Even my incredibly finicky bonsai tree is alive (and blooming!). But this little colony of yeast and lactobacillus just isn’t happy with me. I try to do the right…
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Five Ways To Avoid Global Caregiver’s Syndrome
Sometimes I wear myself out worrying about the big picture. I know I’m not the only one who does this. Just last week, Psychologists for Social Responsibility warned that if we do not see dramatic political action on climate change by the end of this year, there is a risk that “millions of people will…
World Leaders Politically Unbound For Copenhagen
Yesterday, world leaders announced that they will not be seeking a politically binding climate change agreement at the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference in December. The climate change treaty has been postponed until… some time next year. To anyone who has been paying close attention to the climate change discussions, this announcement is not surprising. It…
The Thing About Climate Change
As a big fan of post-apocalyptic movies, I am super excited about 2012. It’s like every great apocalyptic movie rolled into one, minus zombies. (It would be even cooler if there were zombies. Zombies make everything better.) Yesterday, I was struck when the preview came on my TV and I heard Danny Glover’s voice ring…
