As much as I hate to call gardens a “trend” (I think they should be more a “lifestyle”), the Victory Garden of the 1940s is having a comeback. The nice thing about dirt is that it’s everywhere. And where’s dirt, there can be a garden! Some call them “recession gardens.” Others label them revivals of [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 24, 2008
“Our enormously productive economy… demands that we make consumption our way of like, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfaction, our ego satisfaction, in consumption. We need things consumed, burned up, replaced and discarded at an ever-accelerating rate.” Victor Lebow, 20th century economist, about the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 2, 2008
It’s that time of year again! I am urging you to help out. It’s so simple to participate and even the smallest effort means so much! It’s the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive! May 10th is the day! On Saturday, May 10, Campbell Soup Company will join forces with the National Association of Letter Carriers [...]
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