Archive for June, 2010
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Wednesday, June 30th, 2010I confess, sometimes my CSA kind of gets away from me. I have a very skilled farmer and they deliver abundant vegetables every year and you know? sometimes I don’t know what to do. Like last year, when the corn nearly drove me insane. And I confess I’ve had problems in the past with an [...]
To Bidet or Not To Bidet?
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010Confession: I’ve never used a bidet. It’s true– while I certainly understand the concept and benefit they provide, they’ve just sort of scared me. I’ve encountered them in lots of places around the world, but have never made the jump from toilet seat to bidet seat. I feel that I’m now ready for this to [...]
Bathroom Ruminations (or, thoughts while cleaning our bathroom)
Monday, June 28th, 2010This is going to sound silly, but my partner and I have picked out our dream toilet. That’s right – we don’t have a time frame or a plan (seriously, we haven’t even gotten the attic insulated yet, so we can’t yet work on refreshing our horrible ugly bathroom) but we’re sure about the toilet! [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Chillax Locally!
Saturday, June 26th, 2010Now that it’s summertime here in the northern hemisphere, there are lots of local and oftentimes free cultural events to partake in. Music in the park, dancing on the pier, artwalks and craftshows and foodfests, all cram themselves into the few gloriously warm months of summer. So spend less time driving and more time arriving– [...]
Tiny Choices Survey: Lisa!
Friday, June 25th, 2010Vital statistics (name, age, location, link to website/blog)? Lisa, Columbus, OH I blog at Condo Blues How do you reside (apartment or house, roommates)? My husband, one eyed rescue dog, and I live in a freestanding condominium. It looks like a regular freestanding house but acts like a condominium meaning I own the building but [...]
Cold Brew Coffee, Continued… Again
Thursday, June 24th, 2010Are you tired of hearing me talk about cold-brewed coffee? You shouldn’t be (unless you hate coffee, in which case, you should be), because I finally, finally understand all the evangelical love around this process. I get it, and I’ve fallen in love with it! I think I was overthinking it. It’s actually really simple [...]
Conflicted about Transit
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010I’ve mentioned before that I live in a pretty rural area – we’re about 1 1/2 hours away from NYC, either by train or by car, and it’s farms mixed in with new suburbs mixed in with older village sprawl around here. It’s pretty lovely, actually, idyllic by many measures. My partner started a new [...]
Simple Food
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010As I sit here writing this post, my belly is pleasantly full of homemade guacamole I whipped up and wolfed down. While it might not prove beneficial in the yoga class I’m about to bike to, it’s definitely made my cells and head happy. And, it’s got me thinking about how cool it is to [...]
Fancy Eco-efficient Lighting
Monday, June 21st, 2010I’m window-shopping for lighting right now. See, in our bedroom my partner and I have two terribly ugly and very poorly purposed ceiling lights – two spotlights mounted straight up onto the ceiling. Yeah, in the BEDROOM. They look sort of like this, and they are just horrible. Too directed, too bright, and what are [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Pack for Every Day (Carefully!)
Saturday, June 19th, 2010Every single one of us packs up and leaves the house at some point on a regular basis, and we all have a whole lot of stuff we carry around. I mean, there’s a Flickr Group called “what’s in my bag!” On the other hand, often we feel like we are toting around the whole [...]
Book Heads Up: STAY!
Friday, June 18th, 2010Hey Tiny Choosers! I wanted to let you all know to keep your eyes open for a new novel out there called Stay, by Allie Larkin. Not only is Allie a friend of TinyChoices, she’s also a lovely individual, fine writer, and an exceptional ecoblogger herself! Allie started Allie’s Answers, which is now The Greenists, [...]
DIY No-Poo
Thursday, June 17th, 2010We do love our DIY body care here at Team Tiny Choices, so it’s with great happiness that I’ve incorporated another homebrew concoction to my regime, such as it is. I’ve got really thick, pretty curly hair, and too much shampoo just dries it right out. So, while I do use heavy-duty conditioner every time [...]
Punk Rock Disco Composting
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010We talk about composting a lot here at Tiny Choices. Like, a WHOLE LOT. and I’ve done my time as a vermicomposter (with dismal results, especially if you were one of those poor dead worms) but for the last year or two I’ve been planning the Very Perfectest compost heap out in our back yard. [...]
Beautiful Bicycle Girls?
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010Some studies report that the measure of a healthy biking culture is the number of women in that culture who bike– the theory being if women have accepted biking as an acceptable mode of transportation, and can look fashionable while doing it, their numbers increase and those of men along with them. This theory was [...]
Making Do and being Resourceful!
Monday, June 14th, 2010After all of the ruminations about the freezer storage, and the canning of food, I’m pretty sure I mentioned that for freezer storage I ended up buying some heavy duty zipper-style freezer bags. Of course I’ve tried to minimize the plastic in my life, and believe it or not this was part of it – [...]
Easy Peasy Tip: Wear a Shirt!
Saturday, June 12th, 2010OK, we aren’t the fashion police here at Tiny Choices Headquarters. Nor do we want to inhibit any of you or compel any sort of modest dress. But what we do suggest is that if you’re going outside and it’s super sunny, try wearing a long sleeve shirt. It will save you from facing the [...]
“Happy Eco-News” Fridays!
Friday, June 11th, 2010Because we all need eco-news unrelated to that leaky pipe in the water: Watch: A movie made by a sea turtle World’s oldest leather shoe steps out after 5,500 years Top 5 hottest environmental athletes Copenhagen Makes Green Roofs Mandatory California Bans Plastic Bags Boy discovers microbe that eats plastic U.S. scientists design smart underpants [...]
Apologizing For Your Food Choices?
Thursday, June 10th, 2010I’m pretty well settled into my happy veganish thing, wherein I eat whatever I want, which happens to be mostly vegan food. I leave the window open for emergency cookies, non-emergency cheese samples, and other assorted dairy items, although I’m finding that those foods infrequently factor into my life, and when they do a small amount [...]
Chest Freezers
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010Our CSA started last week, and I’m excited about our future abundance of vegetables. Yay vegetables! On the other hand, however, we still have corn in the freezer that is left over from last year. Now, of course there is a good long time to use up that corn before the new corn starts to [...]
Bottled Water Is, Still, Everywhere
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010I’ve recently been fulfilling my patriotic duty of serving on a grand jury, and while the experience is far from fun, it has been incredibly educational. This has been my first experience being surrounded by law– police officers and assistant district attorneys and defendants and witnesses, not to mention first degree, second degree, and third [...]
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