I never get tired of the weather here in southern California. Friday sported blue skies, a light breeze and comfortable temperatures. So I decided to tear the coverings off the outdoor furniture and do some work outdoors.
As I settled onto the chaise lounge and fired up my laptop, I thought how incredibly lucky I am to be able to work from home. And the irony…
I’m lovin’ this fab little handmade sign of recycled and reclaimed materials proclaiming a rallying cry for the world:
REDUCE, RE-USE, RE-PURPOSE, RECYCLE
And who doesn’t need to be reminded sometimes that less can be more, that quality beats quantity, and that new doesn’t necessarily trump old.
It’s a fine mantra for a Vintage Crusader!
Available at Sundance.
This is it. In just a few short weeks children from across the country will wave goodbye to their summer vacations and head back to school.
Do you remember trying to squeeze every last drop of summer fun out of those last few days of August when you were a kid?
I sure do!
My sister and I would tear through the front door in the morning and,…
I’ve only just begun reading Susan Freinkel’s timely book, Plastic—A Toxic Love Story, and I’m already enthralled.
For instance, did you know we’ve produced as much plastic in the past decade as we did in the ENTIRE twentieth century?
But what’s most disturbing is that unlike metal, glass and paper, which can truly be recycled without adding new materials, plastic can’t.
Melting plastic for recycling damages plastic’s polymer…
Would you buy a pair of shoes if you knew that the worker who made them had been physically and verbally abused by being forced to stand in the hot sun, by having shoes and other objects thrown at him, or by repeatedly being hit and scratched?
What if you found out this same worker was being paid a mere 50 cents a day, barely enough…
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