Humans are storytellers. We just are. We tell stories about our past, our families, our history. We tell stories about people we’ve met and people we haven’t met. We tell stories about people who never existed at all. We tell stories about everything. Most importantly, we tell stories about our present and, woven within them,…
Category Archives: Politics & Society
We Pause For Some Politics…
I feel like I spent a lot of time thinking (and writing) about the personal side of the picture – One Small Change moments, food moments, gardening moments. And some other part of my brain spends a lot of time on sustainability issues from a big-picture, theoretical, and scientific standpoint. The first, I think, is…
Doing Good Consciously
Today I am thrilled to welcome a guest post from someone I really wish I had met before I left DC. Beth Oppenheim-Chan is a blogger over at 25 and Trying, where she writes about her career in the nonprofit world, life, and a bit of international development sprinkled in. Feel free to connect with…
Conscious Living: A Love Story
If this reads a little bit like a love letter to my husband, well, maybe it is. I couldn’t help but think of him when I read last week’s New York Times article on the increase in marital disputes over environmental concerns. In the caveats connected to giving up my dishwasher, I mentioned that my…
