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| Total Unique Visitors: 14483 |
| Visitors Out: 151 |
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| The best remedy |
| 2008-10-07 10:55:18 |
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is ......
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| Simple Statement of the Day |
| 2008-08-22 10:34:54 |
It is our collective and individual responsibility...to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live. Dalai Lama......
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| House Tour |
| 2008-08-18 13:15:11 |
I've spoken a bit about our house project here over the last few weeks. And, we're about to be making a LOT of changes, fast. I took these pictures late last week and we've already added 1.5 floors of finished.........
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| Unexplored |
| 2008-08-18 07:42:00 |
We've had a bit of a busy summer. This is a painting I did recently to help remind myself to get away from the computer, go out in nature, and go exploring.......
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| Please Be True: The Dishwasher is More Efficient than Hand Washing |
| 2008-08-04 13:17:30 |
I'm in a constant search for "things" that will use less energy than what we usually use in our homes. In addition to Energystar appliances, this includes device chargers, non-electric coffee makers, solar radios, and space lighting. But for the.........
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| Week Five Round-up: Edit Your Wardrobe |
| 2008-07-30 08:58:20 |
We're almost near the end of our 6 weeks of the Edit Your Life series. I have to say that they weren't meant to be done for one week per part, but that's how we decided to give it a.........
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| My Final Fractions of Life |
| 2008-07-29 03:25:01 |
My life is more than half over. More precisely, according to the life insurance companies, five sevenths over. Then again, if I am to believe www.realage.com, my life is six sevenths lived. I might be down to one seventh! If.........
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| I Didn't Wanna Do It |
| 2008-07-23 15:46:27 |
Our house is being constructed from wood logged from our own land. What little painting we've done is with no-VOC paints. The fireplace was built using stone from the property. We'll be powering our entire home on solar, wind, and.........
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| Week Four Round-up: Edit Your Work Space |
| 2008-07-22 12:05:51 |
More than halfway through! The Miomarmo team has just completed Part Four of our version of the Edit Your Life series: Edit Your Life, Part 4: Your Work Space. My week in review: I had two offices to clean up.........
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| Share the love! |
| 2008-07-17 09:30:36 |
We've had requests for linkback graphics, so here's the first batch! Please right-click and save the graphics to your own server. These are the only graphics or content to be used from this site without written permission. If you link.........
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| Week Three Round-up: Edit Your Closets and Drawers |
| 2008-07-15 12:26:18 |
Week three of the Edit Your Life series has come to an close, and I never thought in a million years that I would say this, but all this cleaning is starting to really grow on me. Elena's week: Closet:.........
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| The Girl Who Silenced the UN for 5 Minutes... |
| 2008-07-14 11:07:58 |
Even though it was some eight years ago, this young girl made an everlasting impression on a UN congregation. If only she could have again spoken at the recent G8 seminar. In looking at eight years ago vs. today…what have.........
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| Hyperthyroidism and Common Flame Retardants |
| 2008-07-10 10:38:57 |
Dear Matty, I'm an 8-year-old Siamese cat. Lately I've been eating like crazy and drinking a lot of water, but I'm losing weight. The vet says I have an overactive thyroid. I have two of them, in fact. What happens.........
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| Week Two Round-up: Edit Your Rooms |
| 2008-07-08 11:22:09 |
We've just completed week two of the Edit Your Life series. I have to say, going through and seeing bare surfaces that once were covered with magazines and childrens' drawings started to make me itchy, but once I got used.........
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| A Little Bubbly Anyone? |
| 2008-07-01 10:19:33 |
My name is Dany and I have an addiction to carbonated water. I (used to) buy bottle after bottle and throw it in the recycle bin. Until I saw the massive amount of bottles I was accumulating, and I stopped..........
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| Week One Round-up: Commitments |
| 2008-06-30 08:22:55 |
"The essential question is not, 'How busy are you?' but 'What are you busy at?' 'Are you doing what fulfills you?' " ~Oprah Winfrey It's been an interesting week. Our merry band's been going through the Edit Your Life series.........
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| Edit Your Life |
| 2008-06-24 09:38:49 |
We at Miomarmo are huge fans of the site Zen Habits. We at Miomarmo are also incredibly busy people, who read Zen Habits and then sigh over how much simpler our lives could be, if only we'd take the time.........
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| Going, Going, GONE GREEN! |
| 2008-06-20 09:44:10 |
In the crazy, chaotic, hectic, fast paced world that we live in, one can find true solace in knowing that even the smallest and simplest things can make an enormous impact. As Manager of the MioMarmo offices, I took it.........
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| To Cloth or Not to Cloth? |
| 2008-06-18 13:38:01 |
I've been contemplating (begrudgingly) giving up paper towels and napkins. I use one and throw it away and it just feels so wasteful. But, I have to repeatedly wash the cloth ones, does that take up more energy than manufacturing.........
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| Gas Hits $4: Let’s Do the Jimmy! |
| 2008-06-18 13:21:12 |
Gas prices topped $4 in NJ last week. I heard a report on NPR about a station in northern California charging $6. The news is abuzz with speculation of $200 crude. Is this the beginning of the end of OIL?.........
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| One man's trash is another man's treasure |
| 2008-06-16 09:50:05 |
In our house, the month of June is always eagerly awaited. Not just because it means the end of school. Because it means bulk trash days. These are the days when people get a permit and get rid of all.........
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| New uses for old bicycles |
| 2008-06-03 08:06:42 |
Do you have old bicycles in repairable condition that you want to get rid of? Pedals for Progress provides affordable, nonpolluting transportation to the working poor. Every year, affluent Americans buy 22 million new bicycles and discard millions of old.........
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| Watered Down Rant |
| 2008-05-28 13:11:54 |
Who else is tired of seeing so many plastic bottles for WATER? I know, this discussion is not a new one. We saw the irony of the huge piles of plastic bottles after Al Gore's Live Earth shows last summer.........
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| Inch by inch, row by row |
| 2008-05-27 11:31:25 |
This weekend we enjoyed the lovely weather and planted most of our garden! Although much of the heavy lifting was done by me and my husband, we made sure the kids participated as much as possible so they felt the.........
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| Sorting "Trash" |
| 2008-05-22 17:22:34 |
When I was growing up and you didn't want something, you threw it away. Everything from greasy food wrappers to cars. The picture at the right is from our property, it came with the house when we bought it! I.........
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| What bird? |
| 2008-05-15 08:57:57 |
Around the new year, we were all getting homesick for seeing something other than snow out our window, and wanted to do something to bring nature inside to us. Inspired by the lovely picture book The Night Tree, we decorated.........
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| Expensive Fuel May Mean Mass Transit for the Masses |
| 2008-05-14 09:15:04 |
What does it take to get people to use mass transit? The promise of cleaner air, reduced dependence on foreign energy, or faster commute times? Mass transit authorities have been pitching these benefits for years, but nothing works like pump.........
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| The Pale Blue Dot |
| 2008-05-12 10:04:47 |
I find this inspirational and amazing. In Carl Sagan's own words: It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of.........
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