Fort Worth Prairie Fest

The idea behind Prairie Fest is to celebrate our connection to the natural world, by bringing together local food, music, green living proponents, vendors and artists. They did a great job of advertising this year, and really had a big turnout. I went with my mom Virgo, and took Water Boy in our little red [...]

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Earth Hour

This is a scheduled post. I’m sitting in the dark right now, making a vote for a greener Earth. At your local 8:30pm, March 28th, I hope you are too. Earth Hour is an initiative spanning the globe and the global community, to make a choice. Turn off your lights for one hour. Talk, read, [...]

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Trying to Grow Green

I have a notoriously brown thumb. Stillmog shivers in horror every time I bring another victim home. But honestly, I can’t help myself! I grew up with my mom’s garden, and a house full of plants. It’s not my fault I can’t keep them alive to…well…save my life. Or theirs. So I just keep trying, [...]

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A New Book Adventure

I discovered a new love tonight. I’ve known about it for quite a while, but have always kind of poo-poo’d it, thinking, why, that’s what libraries are for! I’m talking, of course, about Paper Back Swap. Being the tremendous book lover I am, (for those who haven’t noticed), I’m always looking for ways to get [...]

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Swap-CHOO!

I’m excited to announce my participation in a handcrafted handkerchief exchange! Called Swap-CHOO (for obvious reasons) it was started by Peggy at Skip the Chips and I can’t wait to get started! What this means, is that I will receive someone’s name and address, and vice versa, and we’ll each make a handkerchief and mail [...]

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