Greetings from Alison Wiley here in Portland, Oregon. I'm a writer/doer/thinker who lives happily by putting people, nature and God ahead of accumulating more stuff. Read more →
We’d thought we couldn’t, since we live at the base of Mt. Tabor — but it turns out we can. Maybe you had thought we couldn’t, since Portland is so rainy — but it turns out that rain is not a problem. Our solar panels are going up onto the roof of our house this [...]
Life often involves not getting what we want. Examples: the non-outcomes of the Copenhagen talks, the recent Supreme Court ruling on corporate spending for elections, and the torrential downpours that dominated my visit to Disneyland last Monday. Sometimes, though, we do get what we want. Examples: Portland General Electric has announced it will shut down [...]
Today is Blog Action Day, I have learned from the popular blog Zenhabits, and the theme this year is poverty. As you may know, I’m a fan of solutions and ‘doing’ when it comes to any given problem. I promote more joy and less consumption in the United States — but you need to have [...]
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