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Our Life

MILESTONES

Determined to lose the weight we put on after moving back to the States last year, Bob and I decided to take drastic action. We stopped eating so much and started getting more exercise. No more heavy breakfasts or big dinners. We’re hiking, playing Frisbee and I’m walking 30 miles a week. Amazingly, it worked! […]

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Diet

SLOW FOOD

Two months ago, Bob started a container garden at work. We started harvesting basil and cilantro right away. Today we brought home a grocery bag full of chard and arugula. Tuesday, we’re going to fill another bag with lettuce and arugula. Soon, we’ll be eating beets and tomatoes. After that it will be eggplant and […]

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The USA

CLOWN CARS

A local newspaper poll asked: “With temperatures nearing triple digits, do you think there might be some truth in Global Warming?” 76% of the people who participated in the poll answered, “No.” This is the mentality of my fellow small town Americans. Just ran into one such chap in the pizza shop. We were both […]

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Shopping

FREEGANS ROCK!

Freegan is a new word being used to describe dumpster diving environmentalists who have found a way to live in a wasteful society without compromising their values. According a recent Denver news story: “Those subscribing to freeganism range from people who don’t believe in buying food at all to people like Meuser, who say they’re […]

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Corporations

TOOTING THEIR OWN HORN

I bought some potatoes the other day and was surprised to see them packaged in a bag labeled “NASCAR.” Yes, NASCAR, the nation’s number-one spectator sport. “Isn’t that all about CAR Racing?” I asked myself. “What does car racing have to do with potatoes?” So I went to Nascar.com and found this: NASCAR branded produce […]