I’m always careful not to waste food. (Insert joke about sale of Brooklyn Bridge or waterfront lots in Arizona here.) So after cutting the rind off a pork roast, I popped the scraps into a pot of water and boiled it to make stock. The result – gelatinous glop. Julia Child probably could have turned [...]
Tag Archives: Recycling
A beach, a dock and the two faces of styrofoam
I’ve just returned from the scene of a conundrum. A few days ago a Whidbey visitor left a comment here on Tidal Life about a section of dock that had floated up and lodged on a local beach. They asked for my help finding the correct agency to remove it. While I was flattered to [...]
Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi – No Spoilers in this Un-Review
Lately my reading has listed heavily toward young adult fiction. Never mind why. All you need to know is that the latest representative of this genre to sail through here was Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. The moment I heard that title – over the phone, from my daughter – I knew what the story [...]
Stuff – Guaranteed to make plans go awry, create angst
This cutting down on plastics and chemicals is hard. Shopping on Saturday, needed mayonnaise. Guess what? All brands come in plastic. Except for the natural and organic brands, which cost $6 a pint. I can make my own for that. I stood there in front of the wall of mayo choices, dithering. I should make [...]
Withdrawl – from plastic and chemical dependency
In my ongoing effort to stop buying plastic containers and chemical products I decided to first try an alternative shampoo and went searching on the web for solid bar types. On Grist I found a column about less toxic shampoos but they all came in plastic. But in the comments on that article I found [...]
