Living without petroleum products for a day was tiring, to say the least! The camera crew came to our house at exactly 9:30 am as promised. They set up a few shots ahead of time, filmed us having breakfast in our normal fashion, and took footage of, well, my feet. I should have known they [...]
Entries from February 2009
February 20, 2009
Just Another Hour…
The phone jangled me awake this morning. I decided to sleep in after a massive headache told me I’d better.
The good news is my headache was gone by the time my friend called an hour later. She was calling to tell me she had read about a casting happening for a TV docu-drama on ZDF (think ABC news). [...]
February 19, 2009
Soap Opera Slowness
I admit I used to watch Young and the Restless religiously. It was the only soap I followed and, with some irony, I was invited to an awards’ ceremony in Las Vegas last year. The host was Melody Thomas Scott, the actor who has played Nikki, one of my favorite characters on the show, for [...]
February 18, 2009
Unslow days viewed slowly
I had anything but a slow day. The difference this time was I noticed as my day unfolded how unslow it felt. Instead of immediately getting wrapped up in the frenzy, I took things as they came, and made room for a twenty-minute power walk through the snow and sun to get some fresh air. [...]
February 14, 2009
How to screech to a halt – no petroleum products for a day
A TV crew is filming my husband and me next Saturday. They are going to observe what happens when a couple tries to live without petroleum products for a day. We’re not just talking about the classic stuff such as heating oil and automobiles. We’re talking about the mineral oil in your make-up, the plastic [...]
February 12, 2009
Stewardship, not destruction
A few weeks ago I sat down for a phone chat with Montreal-based Karen Coshof, a smart, forward-thinking film producer who made a 2006 documentary called The Great Warming. It is not only a direct look at what we are doing to the planet, but what we can do to avert more damage. I found [...]
February 11, 2009
Notes from the Universe
If you don’t get TUT…A Note from the Universe, I’ll share mine with you here. Today’s is particularly appropriate for the power of slow. It’s all about perspective.
One of my favorite things about time and space, Christine, is that absolutely NOTHING can ever happen there that can’t be seen as a blessing in some wonderful [...]
February 10, 2009
Stimulus Addict
Obama’s stimulus package proposal has gotten a lot of play in the news of late. But what hasn’t been addressed is how addicted we are to our own stimuli. I’m not talking about billion-dollar injections to get your engine running. I’m talking about all the digital devices that ping us awake, keep us at the ready, [...]
February 9, 2009
Slow going
If you have ever tried something new, you know how slow going it can be. That is perhaps one reason why we procrastinate. Vacuuming the home office floor is ultimately more appealing than facing our inner demons. That’s when you create a plan in your head. Bite-sized pieces make your progress seem more visible.
I’ve started [...]
February 3, 2009
Safe Text
One aspect of slow living is understanding you do not need to do two things or be two places at once.
With this in mind, Shane Neman, CEO of EZ Texting offers these 5 tips on the dangers of text messaging (meant for parents and kids, but can be applied to anyone):
1) Never Text & Drive. While [...]
