I’m over at Green Your Way today with “5 New Purposes for Old Christmas Cards.” What do you do with all those beautiful Christmas cards when the season is over? How much waste are we generating in our attempts to keep in touch? Our family has reduced our Christmas card waste by sending photo postcards [...]
Entries from December 10th, 2010
What Do You Do With All Those Christmas Cards? 5 New Ideas
December 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Avoiding Waste, Green Living
Tags: Christmas·Christmas cards·green·Green...Your Way·holidays·reducing waste·repurposing
Advent Daily Dose: A Joyful Penitence
December 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
You read earlier this week that purple symbolizes repentance. I’ve always struggled with the purple of Advent, a time of joyful anticipation and light in the darkness, seemingly contradicting the purple of Lent, a sorrowful, sacrificial, almost painful season. I was soothed to read this in The Year and our Children: [Lent's] penance is heavy [...]
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6 Ideas for Free Eco-Friendly Toy Storage
December 9th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Avoiding Waste, Green Living
Nothing overwhelms me faster than a new toy with zillions of parts and no logical way to keep them together. As much as I’d like to have visions of sugar plums dancing in my head when I think about December 25th, dancing excesses of toys is more likely the reality. Do you know this syndrome? [...]
Tags: Decreasing Disposables in December·holidays·reducing waste·repurposing·toy storage
Advent Daily Dose: What Does the Advent Wreath Mean?
December 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
Mary Reed Newland explains the symbolism of the Advent Wreath for you to meditate on today: Circle of wreath = eternity and never-endingness of God Evergreen = eternal life and never-changingness of God Purple = penance White candles = divine innocence Rose candle = joy Your thought to ponder: what are the similarities and differences [...]
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10 Eco-Friendly Ways to Wrap and Send Without Spending a Dime (& Other News)
December 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
My personal goal for this holiday season (only in the “green” realm, of course, not spiritually, where I have much, much more room for improvement), is to really cut down on the “new” wrapping paper I use. I challenged you Monday to pick one point for improvement in your care for the earth or care [...]
Tags: Christmas·Decreasing Disposables in December·holidays·reducing waste·wrapping paper
Please Thank the KS Sponsors!
December 8th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Uncategorized
One of the ways I provide daily free content, besides the power of midnight thinking, is by selling little square ads that show up at the top of the right column over there. They’re fairly unobtrusive for the reader, and they’re always quality companies selling quality products so that I can share good resources with [...]
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Advent Daily Dose: The Immaculate Conception was God’s Gift to Us
December 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Mary and Martha Moments
Today Catholics commemorate the day Mary was conceived in her mother Anne’s womb. We believe she was set aside by God to be the mother of His Son since her very conception, and that as the vessel for the God made man, she was preserved from any stain of sin so that she would be [...]
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