by Lora | Jun 22, 2021 | Healthy Living, Sustainability, Travel
My dedication to reducing my personal contributions to the climate crisis can challenge some of my deepest desires. Connecting with nature and fellow humans in unfamiliar settings is one. One of the greatest conundrums is my yen for a change in perspective. That need...
by Lora | Jun 22, 2021 | Healthy Living, Sustainability
As the world held its collective breath waiting to learn if George Floyd’s killer would be held accountable, the ability of all beings to continue breathing was put under pressure in another way. A Guardian report published that same week highlighted an ominous...
by Lora | May 21, 2021 | Healthy Living, Sustainability
Plastic Free July is an initiative of the Plastic Free Foundation that envisions a world free of plastic waste. From humble beginnings in 2011, now millions of people across the globe take part every year, with many committing to reducing plastic pollution beyond the...
by Lora | Apr 21, 2021 | Community, Sustainability
Looking for something to refresh your home environment? Interested in the latest trend of “Grandmillenial” style? What could you do instead of opting for a quick and easy search on the website named for the river and complex ecosystem of its South American watershed?...
by Lora | Jan 21, 2021 | Sustainability
Because for the last month my writing has been focused on a final pass through of revising my memoir manuscript and completing an obituary for my brother, I am taking the privilege I have of my own web page to own the obituary with any edits I wish to make right here...
by Lora | Dec 21, 2020 | Community, Nature, Sustainability
For months in between the other songs the juke box of my brain ratchets through, and prying its way through the familiar carols, one refrain has inserted itself many times each day. “This could be the last time; this could be the last time; may be the last time, I...