Archive for July, 2008
About those fireworks…
In: Toxic Times
4 Jul 2008Along with beauty, fireworks create a beastly mix of pollutants “Traces of metals, fuels and other toxics can stay in the air and water for days, even months. Scientists are creating cleaner versions, but they’re still not widely used.”
Getting your act together
In: Noteworthy
2 Jul 2008Getting a little nervous about the economy–YOUR economy? I know what you mean. Things are looking a bit dicey out there. But never fear! Rhonda at down—to—earth is writing a great series on budgeting. Just in time!
Who do you trust?
1 Jul 2008I tell ya, the FDA is not smelling like a rose lately… FDA: Is the Tomato to Blame for Salmonella Outbreak? Is It Not?… Three weeks after the Food and Drug Administration first warned consumers to avoid certain types of tomatoes for fear they would carry an uncommon type of Salmonella, known as Saintpaul, the [...]
Remember Morning Pages?
In: Just write
1 Jul 2008In The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron advises budding artists, writers and anyone who wants to be more creative to write three pages, by hand, every morning. She spends at leasts a chapter explaining all the reasons for this, but I think it’s pretty obvious: getting your hand moving with your mind is good exercise for [...]
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