http://www.jadedthea.com Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:35:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This will be my last post at this URL. I've ported my blog to my URL, taoofsummer.net, where I'll be blogging under the banner The Tao of Summer. Hope to see you there! Welcome to my new URL and new blog name, The Tao of Summer! I have for quite some time ... http://www.jadedthea.com/archives/1123 I upgraded to Wordpress 2.5 yesterday. I was still running 1.something...which was apparently wide open with security flaws. It's always a little nerve wracking to stumble through this, but it went off without a hitch! http://www.jadedthea.com/archives/1122 I don't do limbo well. Something about the stasis of knowing that where I am is not where I'm going to be, but that I have little control over the outcome, other than to watch the clock, is at great odds with my "make it happen" personality. Escrow is limbo. ... http://www.jadedthea.com/archives/1118 Week #2 of our CSA share contained Erbette chard, leeks, spigariello greens, winter squash, agretti, Chantenay carrots, fennel and radishes. Already we have made a yummy curry, using roasted winter squash, carrots, onions, and the spigariello greens. The greens are an heirloom Italian veggie, and are a relative of broccoli. ... http://www.jadedthea.com/archives/1119 More than 20 cities around the world will participate in the climate change awareness event, Earth Hour, March 29th 8-9 PM local time. At the first Earth Hour last year in Sydney, Australia, power consumption dropped by more than 10 percent. But Earth Hour's not just about cutting back for one ... http://www.jadedthea.com/archives/1116 clouds rolling over coastal mountains. moving east, casting cold shadows. http://www.jadedthea.com/archives/1115 I am sitting in my hotel room. It is the second night of a three day set of meetings. Tomorrow will be another long day of hard work. Meetings are exhausting, especially when their result is more work for this girl. I am already looking forward to the flight home, ... http://www.jadedthea.com/archives/1113 Image is a photo I took of a painting in Rome, probably at the Vatican Museum http://www.jadedthea.com/archives/1111 The Guardian has a striking set of 8 pictures demonstrating extreme cases of climate change impacts and environmental conditions throughout the world. Image: Chinstrap penguins perch on top of an eroded blue iceberg near Candlemas Island. Icebergs are simply fragments of glaciers, and last October an iceberg half the size of ... http://www.jadedthea.com/archives/1110 Video from 2007 Children's World Water Forum Today is World Water Day. Here's some water and sanitation facts: 1.1 billion people lack access to an improved water supply - approximately one in six people on earth 2.6 billion people in the world lack access to improved sanitation Less than 1% of the world's ... http://www.jadedthea.com/archives/1108