Monthly Archives: November 2011
How to Make a Natural Pumpkin Centerpiece for Thanksgiving
1. Get a pumpkin (or grow one!) and carve a circle in the top. Remember, the larger the hole, the more greenery you will need. A small opening with a few choice flowers can really pop. 2. Scrap out the … Continue reading
The Eco-Niche Challenge: Geography
Today’s challenge: What do these thirty places (in no particular order) have in common? Riverview, MI Orono, ME Westlake, OH Mountain View, CA Los Angeles, CA Kankakee, IL Sarnia, ON, Canada Silkeborg, Denmark Fort Saskatchewan, AB, Canada Victoria, BC, Canada … Continue reading
Could you live off your land?
I’m addicted to the website DailyInfogrpahic.com though I must admit I don’t always take the time to verify their sources. So take this infograph with grain of salt – or pinch of soil. And let me know if you agree with … Continue reading
How To Eat Local While Traveling for Thanksgiving
Here are my updated tips on How to Eat Local While Traveling just in time for Thanksgiving. Continue reading
Eco-Weekly Wrap-Up: Salute to Veterans’ Day
The Eco Weekly Wrap-Up is where I share what I’ve been reading and watching when I probably should have been writing. Enjoy! 1. Keystone pipeline route in Nebraska to be reassessed by Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post 2. Bionic Bodies: Why the … Continue reading
I Need Your Help!
Dear Eco-Niche Readers (all three of you), I need your help with some inspiration and direction. Tell me what animals you go to the zoo to see so they might be featured in my story. And while you’re at it, … Continue reading
The Eco-Niche Challenge: Are You An Alien?
Yesterday I shared a small unedited excerpt from the YA novel that I am writing for the National Novel Writing Month challenge. I should be at 15, 000 words today. In reality, I am at 7,000. So today, instead of … Continue reading
An Excerpt From My NaNoWriMo Novel
I didn’t exactly go straight to the education yard because I heard one of the free roaming peacocks calling may-awe, may-awe, which I think is peafowl for yelling “Marco” like in the pool. It’s a challenge, and I have to … Continue reading
How to Write 1667 Words a Day
1667 Words a Day. There, I wrote it. Now, what is difficult is actually writing 1667 different words a day that together at least loosely follow a narrative. National Novel Writing Month is kicking my butt and as a result … Continue reading
The Eco Weekly Wrap-Up
1. What’s worse than the worse case scenario? We will find out. Biggest jump ever seen in global warming gases The new figures for 2010 mean that levels of greenhouse gases are higher than the worst case scenario outlined by climate experts just four years … Continue reading
