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A Greener Easter
Around here, the holidays of whatever sort are mainly good reasons for crafting. (We’re devout Unitarians, meaning that we go to Christmas Eve services religiously every year. Ha.) This year, I eyed...
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The Trouble with Toxics: What Dateline Missed and Why
Small Zombies in the Winter of Our Discontent (Photo credit: Wikipedia) NBC’s Dateline just this week ran a well-executed two-part series on toxic chemicals that included body burden testing of one of...
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Asking Safeway: Who Will Mind the Store?
Yesterday, I gladly joined the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families campaign to ask retailers to do a far better job of screening their products for hazardous chemicals. The group has developed a list of...
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The Un-Toy: A Celebration
Toys, it must be said, can be as annoying as they are delightful. Toddler toys have gazillions of pieces, some of which are required for the set-up to work. Puzzle pieces and the like inevitably end up...
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A Shrinking Ocean: Parenting in an Era of Climate Change
On this morning’s commute, I happened to tune in to NPR’s story about the impact on coral reefs from climate change. Smart scientists off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, on Heron Island, are conducting...
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A Conversation that Could Change the World
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) When we buy stuff for our homes — like food or personal care products — many of us, including my own family, try to do the best we can for the planet and our own health....
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The Hollowing, and an Information Democracy
“Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow…” – The Hollow Men, T.S. Eliot “A world of made is not a world of born…” – pity this busy monster, manunkind, e.e....
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An Abundance of Needling
Summer has arrived. The weather has finally become too hot for gardening or running around to yard sales, so I thought I would slow down enough to share some pics of my latest obsession: needle...
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ISO: A Truly Healthy Toddler Snack
Goldfish crackers (Photo credit: Lynn Kelley Author) I am not going to mince words on this one. American toddlers are drowning in cheesy fish crackers and sugary purees of jammin’ fruits, and it’s...
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For Shame: A Farm Bill that Would Leave Millions of Children Hungry
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) Given what we’ve learned over the past few weeks about government snooping and the quiet, untimely demise of our tattered right to privacy, it cheered me today to see the...
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Hot Reads: Toxics, Parenting and Other Interesting Stuff
Colorado Meadows (Photo credit: QualityFrog) It’s a two for one! After some radio silence, I’m kicking off a new regular feature with a bonus double-feature. Lucky you. Every Friday or Saturday going...
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Mid-Summer Photos: Blueberries, Colorado, and Butterflies
The right way to spend summer For a break from train derailments and chemical rules, I thought I’d share a taste of our recent spates of summertime fun. Until the last few weeks or so, there wouldn’t...
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Parenting as Infographic, Installment #1
So I was having lunch last week with my good pal Colin Delaney, an e-activism expert extraordinaire, and he reminded me that, hey, the Interwebs these days are fond of the Infographics. I thought, hey,...
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Hot Reads: Gagged Children, Huma-liation, Safer School Supplies, and More
As promised, here’s the weekly linky with all the news you have really, really needed this week and missed, as well as some you likely didn’t miss but wish you had. I think I should get a prize for...
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A Pollanite Pushes Back: Why Junk Food Could Be Better, But Would Still Be Junk
Last winter, I was invited to attend a nutrition class for low-income and disabled folks held by a local food bank, and I have not been able to write about it since. But things have suddenly cleared up...
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Is Gardening Actually Green? Some Considerations for the Aspiring Gardener
Far too late this spring for efficient planning, I got bitten by a gardening bug. You know the kind: a large beetle-like apparition that sits on your shoulder and whispers in your ear about hydrangeas...
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Have you had this conversation with your child?
All-You-Need-to-Know-About-Parenting-In-A-Handy-Infographic, #2 Try not to let all the artistic details distract you. So, is this: How kids deal with the ineffability of love? How they address their...
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The Resilience of Children, and All of Us
Maya…in…space, photo by Jay Premack, http://www.jaypremack.com From the time a child is born, there is the struggle: to know, to do, to become. As a parent, we spend a baby’s earliest days answering to...
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Hot Reads: CA Takes Back Its Dumb Rule, Chemical Reform Under Contemplation,...
(Photo credit: stevendepolo) Kick up your feet: this couch won’t bite! Fantastic news from California! It looks like beginning this winter, furniture makers will be able to jettison toxic flame...
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Everything But the Kitchen Sink: 5 Simple Steps to Greener Food Storage and Prep
I’ll concede off the top that it takes a, well, special level of pickiness to go through your own kitchen cupboards with a gimlet eye, wondering which of the assorted containers, cookery, food...
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