It’s Earth Day today. That one day of the year where we stop, look around, and realize just how big a mess we are making of the only planet that we can live on…at least until we get warp drive. There will be celebrations going on here and there. Groups will get together and clean [...]
Well, not for me personally. I’ve already quit using those flimsy plastic bags at the stores. I carry in my backpack and toss everything into that. Yet I still have to battle the forces of stupidity at the check out counters. Worker bees who neither care nor can understand that I want no plastic bags. [...]
Told ya, you would be hearing more about it. Preserve Island Life is a program run by the City Of Key West to promote awareness of climate change and environment issues in the Florida Keys. They have designed a 12 step program which outlines a different aspect of green and environmentally sensitive issues, with an emphasis [...]
A housing project in Detroit using shipping containers. Sounds good to me! Capt. Fritter
This is a bit off topic in regards to the boat series but I came across something online yesterday that I found pretty interesting. One of my least favorite chores is doing laundry. It ranks right up there with cleaning the cat litter box and disposing of a body as one of the more unfun [...]
Another day in Paradise. Hot and humid, sunny, and then all of a sudden, it’s the end of the world. Booming thunder, lightning from the very hand of Zeus hisself, winds, hail. No big deal. Happens every day. Wait, what? This ain’t the Keys? Virginia? Maryland? Egads, that can’t be good. Down here in the [...]
Hot enough for ya? Blistering heat, humidity, sudden fierce storms with high winds and lightning, power outages, or as we call it here in the Key’s…Tuesday. Seriously though, we here on the rocks can relate. We know what you are going through up there in the mainland with this heat wave. It’s some kind of [...]
One of the cool spiffs of living in a small space is the small utility bills that come with it. Take my little hovel for example… My apartment is 212 sq. ft. One room with a shared bath with the other denizens of the marina. In the apartment I have the following that consume electricity: [...]
Around the end of 2010 I made a conscious decision to give up paper. It was becoming an annoying habit and it was time to stop. The digital age had finally progressed enough that I was confident that I could eliminate virtually all paper in my life. And I was right. For years, I would [...]
When you have an hour and a half to spare sit down and watch this great video on the tiny house movement. It’s a very interesting insight into some alternative ways of living. Some things I noticed from this video… While most of the people who owned, built, and live in these tiny homes have [...]