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Archive for September, 2010

Week 39: Local harvest season

Posted in Environment, Local Food, Organic Food, tagged , , , , , , on September 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »

September hasn’t yet departed, but temperatures have dipped and there’s that telltale scent of autumn’s arrival. Here, even in the city, autumn comes alive. Shop window displays captivate with the colors and textures of the local harvest, inspiring culinary visions. Yet faceless pumpkins of varied shapes and sizes will become jack ‘o lanterns, soup or [...]

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Lovin’ Slacktivism, Slacktivists and Slacktivity

Posted in Animal Conservation & Welfare, carbon footprint, Children, Eco-Friendly, Education, Environment, Product Safety, volunteering, women's rights, tagged , , , , , , , on September 22, 2010 |

This is turning out to be such a fun week. I’m lovin’ being a Slacktivist and thanks to a friend, I now have a new word to add to my vocabulary: Slacktivity! (Thanks, Joe. I think I’ll submit it to Merriam-Webster). This trying really hard to do as little as possible and have an Impact [...]

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Week 38: Fellow Slacktivists, Unite!

Posted in click-to-donate, Clothing, Corporate social responsibility, Ovarian Cancer, Product Safety, Search-to-donate, volunteering, What is 52 Weeks, tagged , on September 21, 2010 |

My Facebook friends already know that this past week ended grumpily for me. I was referred to as a “Slacktivist”, and while it was said tongue-in-cheek, it still ticked me off. Before I continued on in my dark mood, I figured I’d best check the definition of the term. Perhaps I was misjudging. Neither Merriam [...]

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Week 37: Corporate Social (ir)Responsibility

Posted in Corporate social responsibility, volunteering on September 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Nils started this week’s Impact effort with enthusiasm — in part because it was his idea and “his baby”, in part because it was something he knew could be an Impact-ful effort. With all that we try to do outside the workplace, Nils realized just how uninformed he was about what charitable efforts were going [...]

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Week 36: Sharing your talents … okay, not so simple

Posted in Personal Development, Random Acts of Kindness on September 14, 2010 | 4 Comments »

Uh oh, got me-self into a pickle. The last blog posting I wrote was titled, “Sharing your talents, it’s that simple.” The “simple” part referred to the belief  that using our talents (as opposed to abilities that don’t come naturally) makes for effortless Impact. I did not anticipate the response. I thank those who wrote [...]

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Week 36: Sharing your talents, it’s that simple

Posted in Animal Conservation & Welfare, Friends, Personal Development, volunteering, tagged , , , on September 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »

My ex-husband was (and likely still is) a very talented fellow. My oldest friend still reminds me that he could make milk Doritos come out of his nose. (Added Sept 11, 2010: Sorry, I’ve been corrected by my friend, it was Doritos, not milk) But, (fortunately) he’s just one of many talented people I know. [...]

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What d’ya mean, it’s not all about ME?

Posted in Animal Conservation & Welfare, Blood Donation, Children, Disaster Relief, Education, volunteering, tagged , , , , , , , , on September 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »

After several glorious vacation weeks back in the States, having lots of fun with family and friends, I’ve been feeling … well … weird. I’ve chalked up my lack of motivation and moodiness (Nils will attest to the latter) in part to jet-lag, in part to the usual dolefulness that follows a great holiday. I’ve [...]

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Week 35: Let’s kill this “Silent Killer”

Posted in Cancer, Diseases, Ovarian Cancer, reproductive health, women's health, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on September 1, 2010 | 4 Comments »

On April 5, 1996, mom passed away. She died from one of the most insidious diseases. We didn’t know to recognize the symptoms early enough (she was also one to seldom complain). By the time she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer it was too late. Fourteen years later, I cry over where we are today. [...]

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