TechnoEarthMama

People, including myself, talk a lot about leading a balanced life. In general, people mean this to be healthy, like eating a balanced diet. However, I started thinking about it, and I really DON’T like the image of myself teetering along a rooftop, or walking a tightrope. Nor to I like to think of myself [...]

Here’s the deal. We just got home from a softball game, and now I have to do some child-nurturing and get myself to bed too. And I’m sending you elsewhere to read about balance, so that I can balance myself. Actually, I’m suddenly wondering whether balance is really a good metaphor for life after all. [...]

I picked up my new glasses last night, and I’ve been wearing them all day.  And I’ll probably be wearing them daily for now. You see, my insurance coverage allows for either glasses or contacts once a year, and my contacts cost more than the allotted amount, because I have low vision and astigmatism. So [...]

Sort of. Wednesday was a birthday; my eldest daughter’s 10th. Today is the party. We’ve done all kinds of birthday parties over the past 10 years. When she turned one, we were living in California, and invited all nearby family members for a birthday party. We honestly didn’t think they’d all show up! We were [...]

No, I did NOT do what that guy in the picture is doing!  Almost two weeks ago I wrote about balancing everything I wanted to do during winter break. I’m going back to work tomorrow, so it’s time to take stock. Cookie-baking: I wanted molasses cookies, because I had some delicious, buttery ones at an [...]

My parents always told me that life isn’t fair (Hi, Mom!). I hated that. I don’t remember whether I ever said it out loud, but I always thought, “but you should at least try to make it fair!” And that was probably followed by sobbing and flinging myself across the bed. Of course, as a [...]

I’m supposed to be doing National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo). This means I have to post something every day for the month of November. I haven’t posted on this blog every day, but between this one and ParkroseGateway.com, I’ve had something up each day…until yesterday! Somehow I totally failed to post anything to either blog. [...]

Sustainable living isn’t all about recycling, bicycling, or any other kind of cycling. It isn’t just eating local and organic and Doing the Right Thing For the Environment. There are other kinds of sustainability. We need to live in an economically sustainable way, for instance, rather than depending on other people’s consumerism for a living. [...]