Green & Thrifty Cleaning Products. Hopefully all this de-cluttering is getting you all excited for the deep, deep cleaning that is going to happen soon!
I don’t know how it is for you, but with every box of stuff I get rid of I feel like another little load has been lifted off my shoulders. We are still going to take some time in the next week for more weeding and purging, but in the meantime I thought it would be a good idea to also start gathering some of the necessary tools you’ll need to get your space spic & span. I have always had a bad habit of thinking that more cleaning supplies would result in a cleaner house. At one point we had so many mops and brooms in our broom closet that my husband finally exploded in exasperation: “You do realize that none of them actually clean the floor for you, right?” He snapped. The thing is, until he said that, I actually thought they might. Here is my magic list of 10 essential green & thrifty cleaning products: {P.S.
E. B. White's Love Letter to His Wife on the Occasion of Her Pregnancy, "Written" by Their Dog Daisy. Charles Bukowski, Arthur C. Clarke, Annie Dillard, John Cage, and Others on the Meaning of Life. By Maria Popova “We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.”
The quest to understand the meaning of life has haunted humanity since the dawn of existence. Modern history alone has given us a plethora of attempted answers, including ones from Steve Jobs, Stanley Kubrick, David Foster Wallace, Anais Nin, Ray Bradbury, and Jackson Pollock’s dad. In 1988, the editors of LIFE magazine posed this grand question head-on to 300 “wise men and women,” from celebrated authors, actors, and artists to global spiritual leaders to everyday farmers, barbers, and welfare mothers.
In 1991, they collected the results, along with a selection of striking black-and-white photographs from the magazine’s archives that answered the question visually and abstractly, in The Meaning of Life: Reflections in Words and Pictures on Why We Are Here (public library). Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard: Every hour is precious. The Unread: The Mystery of the Voynich Manuscript. Stored away in the rare-book library at Yale University is a late-medieval manuscript written in a cramped but punctilious script and illustrated with lively line drawings that have been painted over, at times crudely, with washes of color.
These illustrations range from the fanciful (legions of heavy-headed flowers that bear no relation to any earthly variety) to the bizarre (naked and possibly pregnant women, frolicking in what look like amusement-park waterslides from the fifteenth century). With their distended bellies, stick-like arms and legs, and earnest expressions, the naked figures have a whimsical quality, though their anatomy is frankly rendered—something unusual for the period.
The manuscript’s botanical drawings are no less strange: the plants appear to be chimerical, combining incompatible parts from different species, even different kingdoms. (Click on the images to expand.) I first learned of the Voynich in 2010. 17 wonderfully weird websites you should bookmark right now. In 2012, it’s estimated the internet hosted an incredible 634 million websites.
Even if you checked out a thousand a day, it would still take you over 1700 years to visit them all. But happily, you don’t need to live over 200 lifetimes to discover the Web’s most wonderfully weird websites. Why? Because we’ve done it for you. So, sit back, and prepare to be wowed. eelslap.com – The most fun you’ll ever have with an eel and a mouse. Procatinator.com – The funkiest place on the web for cat lovin’ music fans. pointerpointer.com – This is how you get to the point. Heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa.com – The epicenter of the known internet. nooooooooooooooo.com - Perfect place to visit when you’re having a bad day, omfgdogs.com – Little dogs like you’ve never even seen them before. thequietplaceproject.com - Sometimes you just need to chill out. essaytyper.com - The easiest way to type essays. corgiorgy.com – An orgy of little dog fun. fallingfalling.com – This is what happens when the internet starts tripping.
» 9 Mindfulness Rituals to Make Your Day Better. “Smile, breathe and go slowly.” - Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Buddhist monk Post written by Leo Babauta.
Are you simply moving through your day, without fully living? I did this for many years. It was as if life were just passing by, and I was waiting for something to happen. I always felt like I was preparing for something later. But today isn’t preparation for tomorrow. Fully live today by being mindful. You don’t need to do all of these, but give a few of them a try to see if they make your day better. Mindfulness Rituals Ritual isn’t about doing a routine mindlessly.