Archive for May, 2007

Eating Lightly Isn’t Easy

One area I’d love to lighten up on would be our family’s food budget, both in the area of environmental impact as well as dollars spent if possible. After all, who wouldn’t like to save a little money? Even though we live in the breadbasket of America with possibly the greatest concentration of agriculture in [...]

Bad Time for National Vegetarian Week

I see via Lighter Footsteps that this week is National Vegetarian Week. When I first saw the headline I thought someone was taking a page from the Buy Nothing Day book by scheduling it during an especially meat-centric time: the opening of the grilling season AKA Memorial Day (Yes, I know that that is not [...]

Our Wallet Might Not Agree, But Expensive Gas is Good For Us

The wife came in this morning, amazed at the cost of the latest trip to the gas pump: almost $55 to fill up our minivan’s not-particularly-large tank. While the vehicle doesn’t get phenomenal mileage, we’re content not to wander far from home, so a tank will last us awhile. Oh, and least it’s no Escalade. [...]


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