Planning for 2011: The Budget

I’m doing our annual budget using the accrual method of accounting* because I like seeing the big picture. I’m a realist. Except when I’m actually writing checks in, say, a clothing store, which is when fantasy takes over. Which explains why I don’t carry a checkbook anymore. Or a credit card. We all have our [...] . . . → Read More: Planning for 2011: The Budget

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Fast, Efficient Way to Contact Your Legislators Re. Stopping S.510!

Go to DownsizeDC.org here. If you are a member of DownsizeDC.org, login. If you are not a member, you need to enter your address (you have to for any correspondence to Congress) and the system will automatically enter your Congress persons’ names. Here’s my letter which you can copy and paste for ease, or edit, [...] . . . → Read More: Fast, Efficient Way to Contact Your Legislators Re. Stopping S.510!

What if Monsanto were in charge of ALL our food choices?

Believe it or not, this is in danger of happening. If you and I don’t do something to stop the march, it will happen as surely as night follows day. If Monsanto is given the reins, bye bye God’s green earth, hello GMO. Here are two things you can do right now that will turn [...] . . . → Read More: What if Monsanto were in charge of ALL our food choices?

On the Madness of Banning Raw Milk

According to the CDC, there have been “1,505 reported illnesses” including “185 hospitalizations and 2 deaths” from raw milk since 1993. I don’t mean to sound callous, but 2 deaths in 20 years? This is cause for nationwide panic? 11-11-11 UPDATE: It appears the CDC lied misled us about those two deaths. I’m shocked. Shocked, [...] . . . → Read More: On the Madness of Banning Raw Milk

Blooming.

“Bloom where you are planted.” Remember that? I heard it back in the late 70s, during my tortured soul searching days. Good advice, even when you’ve planted yourself in a freezing cold city where it will eventually snow and nothing else is blooming. Especially then, eh? Honestly, I’m such a frickin’ Pollyanna, if a nuclear [...] . . . → Read More: Blooming.

Costa Rica: On 7,000 Marines, Legalizing Marijuana, and Forcing GMOs

Last Saturday, I was at the Freedom Rally in Frankfort, KY. Yay, freedom! One of the best things for me about being back in the states is getting to participate in the political process. I am a political junkie right now. I must like frustration and being angry, eh? Christina Tobin was there, too. She [...] . . . → Read More: Costa Rica: On 7,000 Marines, Legalizing Marijuana, and Forcing GMOs

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