A treat for the new year

A treat for the new year

Some of life’s great joys are the feast days of the circling year: Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas. My favorite feast dinner is on New Year’s Day. There’s pork, because a pig roots going forward; corn bread, for the golden color that brings gold and...
One church couple’s solar adventure

One church couple’s solar adventure

My husband, Gordon and I chose to investigate solar panels when we called Creative Solar in 2021 to come out and assess if our house could be right for that option. There are a lot of trees around our house, so we didn’t know. Chaia Lewis from Creative Solar explained...
Hayhoe unites science and faith in bestseller

Hayhoe unites science and faith in bestseller

What do I, a free-thinking Unitarian Universalist, have in common with an Evangelical Christian? Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, a book by Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, the chief climate scientist for The Nature Conservancy...
The COF: Nothing to sneeze at

The COF: Nothing to sneeze at

Do you love to travel? Now that you are well-vaccinated and feel safer or maybe more adventurous, does the open road beckon or maybe the friendly skies? It is time for a trip! But wait! What about global warming? Travel leaves a significant carbon footprint and what...
Why I Love my PHEV!

Why I Love my PHEV!

What, you may wonder, is a PHEV?  Glad you asked. A PHEV is a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.  In my case, it is a 2019 Toyota Prius Prime Plug-in Hybrid.  That’s the first thing I want you to know.  The second thing is, it is overwhelmingly an electric car.  I...