DeliberateLife.com

I have just caught up on a new blog which I am now adding to my following list. It's called DeliberateLife.com: Killing Apathy for the Fun of It. Nic is working on living a life that is a circle of life rather than a comsumerism tunnel. She has a husband a little younger (I think about 3 yrs) and two little girls, ages around 3 and 5 and she's expecting a third. The oldest little girl, is high-functioning autistic (Asperger's).

The blog is brilliantly written with a totally new look on how life is and why and what we're actually here for. I swear it's worth the time to go back and read starting from Day 1.

On a sadder note, I was reading a blog: Happily Housepoor and I was slowly getting closer to the future, and then I took a break and when I came back a few weeks later, it was gone! So sad. Even if she chose to stop blogging, did she have to delete the blog? I'm sure she had good reason, but it is still sad to see a blog I enjoy disappear.

Learning About Herbal Remedies

I don't know if I want to start now or if I want to do it later, but eventually I want to learn about herbs. My mom knows a lot and she has a couple of shelves in the library full of herb books. There's John Lust's Herb Book. I liked that one especially because there's a section about herbal folklore. And I have a thing for folklore. The whole anthropology/sociology thing is fascinating. People are just so...weird...in some ways they're predictable, but not as a race. Not really. A lot of people like to destroy and harm. We call it a "consumer society," and I think it hurts the earth when we don't manage it correctly. A lot of Christians seem to think that "God made the earth for our exploitation." I can't hold with that because in Genesis is says God put man on the earth as a caretaker. A caretaker is different from a rapist.

But I'm getting off topic. Dr. Christopher is supposed to have some good books but I have difficulty knowing where to start. But start I must. And suggestions on where to begin are begged for lol.

P.S. It is painful to drive with your dad, mom, and little brother in the car. The yell at me what to do (which I mostly ignore) and they yell at each other for yelling at me. It's distracting. And my dad tells me to hug the yellow line over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over over and over and over and over and over and over and OVER and OVER and OVER again!!!

Think Outside the Bottle Pledge

You may have noticed In my sidebar is a brand new icon to clutter up my blog: "Think Outside the Bottle." I have never seen the point in having water bottled, it's nasty, the bottles just go to a landfill (poluting the earth), and we have delicious local water that's ours free for the taking. Still, the pledge lists other, bigger, better reasons to stop drinking bottled water, and I so I have pledged this pledge:

Think Outside the Bottle Pledge

Because water is a human right and not a commodity to be bought and sold for profit;

Because bottled water corporations are changing the very way people think about water and undermining people's confidence in public water systems;

Because up to 40% of bottled water in the U.S. and Canada is sourced from municipal tap water;

Because some bottlers have run over communities' concerns and the environment when they extract water and build bottling plants to get local spring and ground water;

Because bottled water travels many miles from the source, results in the burning of massive amounts of fossil fuels, and contributes to the billions of plastic bottles ending up in our landfills;

Because worldwide there is a need for investments in public water systems to ensure equal access to water, a key ingredient for prosperity and health for all people; and

Because solutions to ensuring water as a fundamental human right require people acting together and standing up for public water systems,

I pledge to Think Outside the Bottle, which means:

Opting for public tap water over bottled water; and

Supporting the efforts of local officials who prioritize strong public water systems over bottled water profits.

Signed by:
Gemini

The Story of Stuff

So I'm reading through all of Cauldron Ridge's blog entries from day one in order to get caught up and all that, and in this post, she links to a video about our doomed consumer society called The Story of Stuff. (Cauldron Ridge got it from Mommy Mommy Land's blog, who got it from someone else's blog, blah blah blah!!!)

The video is insightful and entertaining with plenty of factoids, and isn't boring at all...not once during the twenty minutes, did I consider doing something else with my time. Watch it! It's totally worth it!

I have a little logo you can put on your blog to link to The Story of Stuff. Here it is:



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