LKL’s Blog

Celebrate Arbor Day by joining the Arbor Day Foundation. For $10, you get to help fight deforestation as well as 10 trees to plant anywhere you like.

Happy Earth Day! I usually miss this day, only hearing about it after the fact, but this year I’m paying attention. In celebration of this day of environmental awareness, I thought I’d share a cool little gift idea – for a friend or even for yourself: Starter Kit for Change. This biodegradable box includes a [...]

Long before spam, junk mail was – and continues to be – a huge waste of resources. Most people just throw it away, some recycle it, and a few think it’s the height of cleverness to send it back to the company. Personally, I think the best solution is to cut it off at the [...]

This is an interesting site with “A weekly start for a healthier America” (though I see no reason why the rest of the world can’t participate).  Anyway, Meatless Monday is a national campaign to help people eat better by eating less red meat, pork, and poultry. You may not be vegetarian, but that doesn’t [...]

On 5 and 6 April 2008, the southern French city of Hyères hosted its annual flower festival with an open day event at SICA (Société d’intérêt collectif agricole) / Marché aux fleurs d’Hyères. 500 growers produce over 180 million flowers a year, making it the largest flower market in France and the fourth largest in [...]

While I was in New York, I received my Kindle in the mail, and I absolutely love it. The books download very quickly, the screen is easy to read, it’s lightweight… everything is good. Plus, it’s amazing to hold this device that is about the size of one book and know that it can [...]

While we were in New York, we saw two completely different shows, and both were excellent.
Next to Normal is about manic depression, and while I wouldn’t have thought that a musical would be the best way to discuss such a serious subject, I thought it was a fantastic performance. The music was terrific, there were [...]

I know, you’re all wondering whether I dropped off the face of the earth. No, but close: I had no internet access for a month. OK, sure, I could go to cybercafés and use a friend’s computer, but seriously, when you’re used to being able to go online at any time of the day or [...]