tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post2497379795412751003..comments2024-03-27T20:41:06.081-05:00Comments on stuff from ellen's head: earth dayellen abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-74906932238720051942012-04-28T14:58:19.274-05:002012-04-28T14:58:19.274-05:00I read your "V" post first, and see we&#...I read your "V" post first, and see we're close in age, which is to say, we still remember what it was like to live in a sensible world.<br /><br />I went through childhood barefoot in summers, free to roam as I pleased by foot or on my bike - helmetless, and with only a caution at night to come home when the street lights came on. One of my school chums would eat a spoonful of dirt for a nickel. We tried to remember to wash our hands before dinner, but we hugged each other without thought and shared our germs freely.<br /><br />In short, we weren't afraid of the natural world. I've never used a hand sanitizer and I don't wipe down grocery carts as though Typhoid Mary just was in the neighborhood. Of course I take reasonable precautions, and keep a clean, if untidy, house. But I'm really rather put out with the hordes of bureaucrats and "experts" who spend their time trying to scare us to death, and then offer up truly inane solutions to non-existent problems.<br /><br />Oh, my. Well, I do have this button, and I guess it got pushed. ;)shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-2687980298210150432012-04-25T17:28:52.401-05:002012-04-25T17:28:52.401-05:00Ellen,
I do hope you have pretty much recovered f...Ellen,<br /><br />I do hope you have pretty much recovered from the snake bite. I am sending along my good wishes. <br /><br />I recently joined Magpie Tales and posted an earth day prosey poem about the environment that Dana (the Bug) enjoyed. She left your blog address and said I should visit. I am glad I listened to her. I love what you have posted here and I agree with all of it. I would only add, that if you cannot get outside to garden, buy locally grown foods. In Canada we have trucks importing food from Chile and Mexico at our local supermarkets. But there are also local choices..... and farms around!! Thank you Ellen... and the Bug for the inspiration. I will be out gardening tomorrow. =DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241402645242821612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-29403552395981380472012-04-24T16:57:49.837-05:002012-04-24T16:57:49.837-05:00Actually, we don't do any of these things you ...Actually, we don't do any of these things you rail against so eloquently. We recycle, reuse, eat fresh food and we definitely get dirty.<br /><br />I feel very sorry for kids growing up in air-conditioned environments, never allowed to play outside, living on junk food.<br /><br />But it is a choice parents have made, for themselves and their children. I can't see it changing anytime soon.<br />Convenience is all.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-9472720344875471522012-04-23T12:59:53.226-05:002012-04-23T12:59:53.226-05:00Great photo of everyone touching the dirt. I was ...Great photo of everyone touching the dirt. I was covered in dirt yesterday, the bath was pretty good too!<br /><br />I was thinking about your plastic posts. When I was in Japan last, I found some beautiful ceramic bowls. They were cheap and they all had lids. I bought them to put leftovers in. No more Tupperware!Butternut Squashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14703748547994069092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-52931354584832255742012-04-23T11:21:45.601-05:002012-04-23T11:21:45.601-05:00Excellent post, Ellen. I suspect that you're p...Excellent post, Ellen. I suspect that you're preaching to the choir, though.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-80773677389926178462012-04-23T11:11:20.267-05:002012-04-23T11:11:20.267-05:00You took a few of my favourite themes and ran with...You took a few of my favourite themes and ran with them. Very well, too. :)Frank Baronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07766219281485749395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-52042748000583988552012-04-23T03:48:10.621-05:002012-04-23T03:48:10.621-05:00I should have read this yesterday - but I was in t...I should have read this yesterday - but I was in the garden earthing up my potatoes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-83260372924434667352012-04-22T19:38:56.137-05:002012-04-22T19:38:56.137-05:00When our parents and grandparents looked at happy,...When our parents and grandparents looked at happy, dirty kids who needed a bath, they said we'd eat a peck of dirt before we died. And now some pretty slick marketing trumps all that.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-2771313406523567192012-04-22T18:22:39.104-05:002012-04-22T18:22:39.104-05:00I was just having this conversation with a young m...I was just having this conversation with a young mom<br />she won't let her child touch anything natural, it's absurdDiannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-67057789544072777482012-04-22T14:18:09.371-05:002012-04-22T14:18:09.371-05:00Just come across your blog for the first time. Wha...Just come across your blog for the first time. What a lot of good sense! <br />DavidND Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16510971525209549921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-5397895640575419872012-04-22T12:51:15.545-05:002012-04-22T12:51:15.545-05:00This is a great post Ellen.
Have you heard of the ...This is a great post Ellen.<br />Have you heard of the new treadmill desks? I saw a thing on it last night and it looks like such a great idea. Rather than sit at your desk you stand or even walk using a treadmill. <br /><br />They don't even recycle here, which is a little distressing after having been in the habit of doing so in California. It's still legal to smoke in stores and restaurants. In apartments also. Crazy. I've tried delicately mentioning it a few times but I get looks that could kill.Rubye Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511953177053448513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-57999575604061295492012-04-22T11:33:23.169-05:002012-04-22T11:33:23.169-05:00i totally agree on the antibacterial kick. i think...i totally agree on the antibacterial kick. i think we definitely don't let our immune systems build up natural defenses.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-14734711178221318722012-04-22T11:01:27.482-05:002012-04-22T11:01:27.482-05:00I celebrated the 1st Earth Day cleaning a small pa...I celebrated the 1st Earth Day cleaning a small park as a high schooler with 4 friends.Since then I have expanded my horizions to include all my daily living.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-47499361887531613812012-04-22T11:01:25.715-05:002012-04-22T11:01:25.715-05:00a strong piece ellen . . . i'll drop this on m...a strong piece ellen . . . i'll drop this on my class tomorrow so thankyou! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447321916012029979.post-10951238026948663652012-04-22T10:03:34.655-05:002012-04-22T10:03:34.655-05:00I, for one, get plenty of dirt in my life. And so ...I, for one, get plenty of dirt in my life. And so does my grandson. He loves to go into the garden and chomp greens right off the plant. Like an animal. He gets so dirty here and we laugh and laugh.<br />We have gone deadly wrong in the way we live, most of us.Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com