I wish this were a story of a big project I did that made a big difference, but this one is only about a personal choice that made a small difference. It's still better than nothing! And you can't always change what big organizations do, but you can change what you do--so maybe you could … Continue reading Greening the Employee Holiday Meal
Month: December 2011
Dining at The Purple Tulip
Our son Nicholas is almost seven years old and has three possible careers in mind: railroad engineer, teacher, and waiter. This last interest has increased in the past year, and at dinnertime he sometimes wants to pretend our home is a restaurant. He got particularly elaborate during my mother's summer visit and named his restaurant … Continue reading Dining at The Purple Tulip
Granulated Garlic
Daniel and I love garlic and use it in many of our recipes. Usually we prefer to use fresh garlic, crushed in a garlic press. Every once in a while, though, we'll run out of garlic or find that our last few cloves have gotten squishy--and also, there are a few recipes like Honey Baked … Continue reading Granulated Garlic
Things Not To Do: Electronic Fund Transfer Edition
First, here is a good thing to do if you use credit cards: Arrange for an automatic payment, equal to the minimum amount you charge to that card in a typical month, to be electronically transferred from your bank account on a day before the payment is due. That way, if the e-mail reminding you … Continue reading Things Not To Do: Electronic Fund Transfer Edition
3 Good Books About Parenting
Jessica's Three Books on Thursday post today is about parenting books, so I decided to post my top three recommendations, even though they're already included in the longer list of Books That Blew My Mind. To prevent faithful Earthling's Handbook readers from feeling gypped, though, I'll first list three more books--actually, sort of categories of … Continue reading 3 Good Books About Parenting