Category Archives: Personal Responsibility

Perks of Knowing Your Sources

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 15

Last week, the milk from our herd share (the only legal means by which Michiganders may acquire raw milk) tasted a bit off. There was a faint, almost [..]

Cow Share, Local Farms, Personal Responsibility , , ,

A Blogging Dichotomy

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Erin D. | Permalink 4

Many of us in the blogging community like to talk about sustainability, shopping locally, and leading a wholesome lifestyle. We believe in what we write, and we do [..]

Commercialism, Community, Lifestyle, Personal Responsibility, Product Recommendations, Shopping, Sustainability , , , ,

A Well-Intentioned Lie

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 11

So, hi. I know it’s been since spring that I wrote anything here, and for that I apologize. A few of you have left emails and comments asking [..]

Chickens, Cleaning Products, Community, Eggs, Failures, Food, Gardening, Goals, Habits, Household, Lifestyle, Local Farms, Mental Well-Being, Musing, Personal Responsibility, Planning, Stress, Sustainability, Toxins, Vegetarian , , ,

Tolerance & Compassion, Vorlons & Shadows

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Erin D. | Permalink 1

In the fall of last year, I made a promise to myself to be more tolerant of, and to espouse less anger toward people who are on the [..]

Musing, Personal Responsibility, Politics , ,

Life is What Happens While You’re Making Other Plans

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 12

Here we are, eight months after my mother was struck by an inattentive driver while in her car. During this time, she has received very little cognitive treatment [..]

Community, Mental Well-Being, Personal Responsibility , ,

Should the Federal Government Stop Funding Public Broadcasting?

Posted on November 6, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 1

This morning on my too, too early Saturday commute to work, I had National Public Radio on (as I tend to have on 99% of the time when [..]

Commercialism, Musing, Personal Responsibility, Politics , , , , ,

The Fundamentals of Change

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 7

Wow – pretty profound title, right? It sounds as if I might be able to impart some actual wisdom there. Sadly, as you have all come to learn, [..]

Lifestyle, Mental Well-Being, Musing, Personal Responsibility, Writing , ,

The Philosophy of Can’t

Posted on May 30, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

I was just heating up my wheat-free/gluten-free veggie lasagna in the office kitchen, where there are veggie burgers (with gluten,) and buns (with gluten,) and Zingers (with gluten) [..]

Allergies, Gluten-Free, Lifestyle, Personal Responsibility , , ,

10 Things to Avoid in Beauty Products

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

The Progressive Pioneer put up a great post about 10 highly-toxic substances often found in beauty products. It’s amazing we take all this stuff for granted as being [..]

Health, Personal Hygiene, Personal Responsibility, Toxins ,

Cleaning Up My Life

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Erin D. | Permalink 0

This post first appeared on my other blog, Confounded by Quilting, and basically cemented my desire to have a more appropriate blog title for the homesteady bits of [..]

Cleaning Products, Commercialism, Gluten-Free, Illness, Kombucha, Personal Hygiene, Personal Responsibility, Planning, Politics, Product Recommendations, Vegetarian , , , ,