katielou

August 2007



7 deadly eco-sins

Thursday, 30 August 2007 8:46 A GMT+01
Like it. Linked from Ruth Gledhill's blog Not recycling (anger) Not spending money on ethical products (gluttony) Not conserving energy (sloth) Wasting water (greed) Excessive use of cars (pride) Excessive consumption of household products (lust
Category: faith

happy birthday dad

Sunday, 26 August 2007 10:27 P GMT+01
Today it's Dad's birthday. I guess I might as well expect to fall apart at each of the firsts, mum's birthday, fathers' day, birthday, xmas, my birthday... I'n hoping it will get easier after all the firsts are through. There'

too right...

Friday, 10 August 2007 5:01 P GMT+01
Ha. Check out my today's horoscope from Google:You are running into a stone wall and there doesn't seem to be much you can do about it. You aren't going to climb over it as a Mountain Goat might try. This obstacle is substantial, yet cert

"thinspiration"

Wednesday, 8 August 2007 11:29 P GMT+01
How dreadful. An article which implies that young people are using eg facebook and myspace to encourage eachother to deepen eating disorders. I know a fair bit about eating disorders, and have had anorexic tutees to steer through college, so this wor

mobile libraries

Saturday, 4 August 2007 5:57 P GMT+01
Nice donkey... Using old technology to take the old technology of books up into mountainous villages to get children and adults reading and educated. Even cooler, cybermules carrying laptops to connect to the mobilephone signal to bring new technolog
Category: general

advice for emigrés

Saturday, 4 August 2007 2:03 P GMT+01
Two weeks ago my mum went on an OU residential course to France. More precisely, to Caen, where I spent a year back in the early nineties. We were catching up about it last week, and she'd taken photos of my old haunts to show me how they'd c

time out

Wednesday, 1 August 2007 9:48 P GMT+01
Had a couple of days off in London this week. Went to St Paul's and marvelled at the space, was miffed it was Monday and no evensong, amused that they forget to dust the top of the pulpit, and couldn't help feeling it was more like a place of
Category: culture faith