Spiral

I recently started to focus on buying organic food. Since reading Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser while on vacation in 2005 (totally not a vacation book, by the way), I’ve been worried about the hormones injected into our food by the mega-farms to hasten the growth process of the animals we eat. While driving [...]

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ABC Cleans Up

I recently took charge of my bike club’s Adopt-a-Highway responsibility. We “own” a section of Route 303 between Country Maid and the outskirts of Peninsula. It’s great publicity having our name on the signs bordering this segment. I always notice the names of the groups who take ownership of segments of highway (Century Cycles has [...]

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It’s electric… boogie woogie woogie

The other morning on the way to work, I was listening to a podcast of the Diane Rehm show–my favorite NPR broadcast next to the Prairie Home Companion–and they were talking about the new Chevy Volt. Has anyone heard of this? It really, really sounds cool. They give it some abitrary 230 mile/gallon rating, which [...]

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The Ugly Goslings

These little critters were strutting behind their mothers (fathers?) with a self-assured sense of entitlement as they obstructed traffic into and out of the parking lot outside of the building where I work. Even the young ones have learned already that cars will stop and wait for them to pass, despite the fact that a [...]

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I can’t change the world

And what am I to doJust tell me what am I supposed to sayI can’t change the worldBut I can change the world in me– U2, Rejoice When you’re a thinking, compassionate person like me, it’s easy to let the weight of the world’s problems bog you down. On the way to work today, Edward [...]

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