Everyday Disasters

Reflections on Life

  • Help Juneau . . . Not That They Asked

    Juneau Alaska has an interesting community planning / environmental disaster problem.  They have a section of town that they know is vulnerable to avalanches. This section is built-up and has had some damage before. (17 houses in 1962). The city isn’t willing to buy everyone out, a cheaper alternative than building snow barriers that may…

  • Gardening is the Answer . . .

    What is the single most effective thing you can do to help your kids learn to respond to a global crisis? Teach them to grow a vegetable garden. Name that Crisis

  • NetFlicks Prize Contest – One Million Dollars Just Waiting

    a plan. My husband comes up with a plan. I should win the one million dollar Netflix contest to develop a better way for Netflix to recommend movies. No problem.

  • Where’s the Climate Change Game?

    You may have noticed that the structure of the ‘game’ is not completely spelled out.  Like many strategic planning games, I envisioned discussions of possible things people might implement in response to the the game scenario. Cost/benefit & impementation times would lead to reasonable proposals for communities to consider. Very dry. The BBC has come up…

  • Who Knew the UK Drank So Much Tea? Maybe Their Streets Are Dark?

    Only boil the water that you need for your cup of tea. If everyone boiled just the water they needed, the energy saved could . .

  • Zone Roof Gardens to Plan For Abrupt Climate Change (the game)

    If you knew global warming would bring an abrupt climate change, roof gardens might be close to a first response. (See premise for the game.) Better yet, they offer immediate benefits. Roof gardens are of two types. There are shallow gardens that use between 1 to 4 inches of dirt and are relatively low maintenance…

  • Another Dee Story – Children Terrorizing the Maid

    Dee, a respectable matron whose words flow with the gentle music of the south, gave me another story of how she terrorized Ida, her family’s maid, and with the exception of her family, the most loved person in Dee’s childhood.

  • Carnival of Family Life – future host

    I’ll be hosting the April 16 Carnival of Family Life. I’ll be happy, I’m sure, with all submissions that meet the carnival criteria, but I’ll give special prominance to submissions where your family worked to make your community better. Thanks.

  • A Welcoming Bathroom

    Most bathrooms can be improved with three simple steps. 1. Have a guest basket. . . .putting everything a visitor might want in a bathroom in a basket greatly increases your visitor’s enjoyment of their visit. A broken nail or dry eyes may not rise to the level . . .

  • A Boy and the Shower

    I’ve finally come to accept that my 10-year old son must be brain damaged. There were signs –

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