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Farmgirl REVIVAL

Posted on November 2, 2011 by megan

Drum roll please! Introducing Farmgirl Revival bath soaks—these relaxing and aroma-therapeutic blends of natural USDA certified organic herbs and essential oils, are combined with Epsom salts in a way that will leave you …

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Why we recycle

Posted on October 13, 2011 by maryjane

If you had a chance to watch the Pixar film WALL-E, you may have asked yourself, where is all of our trash going?

WALL-E poster. Courtesy of Wikipeda. Snowknight26

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The Book of Good Cheer

Posted on October 6, 2011 by maryjane

Published 1911, The Book of Good Cheer, p. 31 (last entry was from p. 23)

“There is only one way to be happy and that is to make somebody else so.”

-Sidney Smith

p. 36

“Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm. It is the real allegory of the tale of Orpheus. It moves stones, it charms brutes. Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.”

-Bulwer

The Book of Good Cheer

Posted on September 28, 2011 by maryjane

Published 1911, The Book of Good Cheer, p. 23

“There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world, which remain unknown even to ourselves, or when they are disclosed, surprise nobody so much as the benefactor.”

-Robert Louis Stevenson

“There has not been a single day since the world began when the sun was not shining. The trouble has been with our vision.”

Going, going, GONE!

Posted on September 14, 2011 by maryjane

The Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute http://www.pcei.org/ that I founded 25 years ago, had a weekend fundraiser, “25 chairs for 25 years.” Members of the community signed up to decorate an Adirondack chair, provided by PCEI, parade it around town and at our local farmers’ market, and then attend a live auction. The chairs were art at its best! Take a gander and then get out your tools. You’ll want to do this in your own home town or at least, your backyard to your own chairs.

This photo typifies PCEI … a smart car and lots of bikes parked on our 13 acre campus smack-dab in the middle of town surrounded by houses on all four sides.

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Purging

Posted on September 4, 2011 by maryjane

It’s time for some pre-winter cleaning, and no doubt I’m ready to have the whole dust-bunny-filled affair over and done with. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that a little charity can turn any of my humdrum tasks into a real heart-opening experience.

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Click to Give (part 2)

Posted on August 27, 2011 by maryjane

Compelled to contribute, I started looking into my options, and get this: the Internet (and its incredible compendium of genius minds) offers a number of different ways to give without lifting a …

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Click to Give (part 1)

Posted on August 27, 2011 by maryjane

When my son, DIL, and toddler grandchild, who live in Japan, woke up to EARTHQUAKE! we wondered what we could do to help them quickly and efficiently. Without a moment’s hesitation, they said, Red Cross. We did a fundraiser on our website and in short order, sent the Japan Red Cross a check for $4,485.

If you love blogging and you love eating, here’s a clever way to help the Red Cross.

www.thetomkatstudio.com/good-books-50-fabulous-bloggers-50-fabulous-recipes/

Barefoot and …

Posted on August 9, 2011 by maryjane

Sanjit “Bunker” Roy founded Barefoot College, a global non-profit based in India, to uplift poor, rural areas. His mission: teaching illiterate and uneducated women how to install and maintain solar power in their villages.

Solar engineers said it couldn’t be done—not by uneducated people, and especially not by (yes, barefoot) grandmothers who can’t read or even speak the same language as one another.

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Sweet Miss Givings

Posted on August 8, 2011 by maryjane

I’ve always suspected that a good cupcake could save the world. But it’s nice to finally have confirmation.

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