Comments maryec has made

  • fireplace inserts

    my daughter and son-in-law just installed a fireplace insert in their living room, and it's a marvel! they keep their house very cold, but being athletes, they and their kids don't seem to mind. the living room fireplace was a nightmare.  they used it once a year on christmas eve, and by christmas morning, the house was frigid from the air escaping up the chimney.  anyway, they got this lovely insert, and it's changed the whole comfort level of the downstairs.  they still keep the furnace set at about 60 degrees, but i can read on the couch without having to wear my coat and gloves.
    it looks beautiful, too. what a great idea!  On Umbra on fireplace inserts posted 2 years, 9 months ago 4 Responses

  • green foods for school cafeteria

    You know, I dont know anything about skateboarding or skateboarding culture.  During the anti-war march in DC a couple of weeks ago, we went to get some lunch, and there were a bunch of kids skateboarding on this little plaza near the Mall.  As Bob says in his article, they just kept trying to get their maneuvers right.  It was very impressive.  They also were very polite and aware of people walking down the sidewalk over which they were flying.  They'd stop until the people had passed by.

    I work in a school for the deaf here, and we have all this property that we mow and fertilize and pulverize with bug and weed killer, etc.  I wish the school would start teaching these kids about green anything!  I'd love to see these grounds plowed and planted with food.  The place used to be a farm in the beginning. Let's take it back and do some REAL EDUCATION!!!On Pro skateboarder Bob Burnquist ramps up his green work posted 2 years, 9 months ago 2 Responses