divine caroline

One of the cool things that happened on Parking Day was being interviewed by Amanda Coggin. I just found the story she wrote about us on Divine Caroline . I like her story and she also talks about an artist knitting plastic bags...hmmm I want to try that!

Sukkot

It is Sukkot right now. This is one of my favorite holidays. This one has no story about the Jews being persecuted (Joel ben Izzy's description of most Jewish holidays-"they tried to kill us. they didn't. let's eat!")but is a celebration of Harvest and nature. Under the sukkah there is a chance to connect with the seasons and with generations of people sitting together under the stars. My daughter's first outing, at eight days old, was to a sukkot celebration and last night, at the same sukkah she shook the lulav with me in the six cardinal directions. I felt a surge of joy and hope for the future feeling these complex pleasures; our smallness in the night sky, the constancy of the stars and seasons as we age and grow, and the shared warmth of our bodies as our voices lift, together in the dark.

Step it Up

Step it Up 2007 is happening on November 3rd. Bill McKibben is the main organizer but it involves lots of local actions demanding politicians take action on climate change. I often feel so paralyzed by the hugeness of climate change but coming together with others who feel the same fear and desire to make a difference really helps.

So look on the website. Find a local action or host one and step it up!

Hello

Here it is, my first post on this blog. I've started this blog because I wanted to post the photos from parking day somewhere. Because I love reading my friend Susan's blog. Because I love to sit in front of the computer. Because I can only write a paragraph at a time. Because I can do it in between dishes and managing homework. (But I will not blog at my job...no matter how tempted I am!)

Because I want to write about my green projects and art projects and post pictures and links and have someone maybe look at them.

Ok, now look at the amazing good time we had at parking day!

Parking Day 2007

Mary and I participated in parking day on Friday. We set up in front of SFMOMA with solar flora and earth flags and lots of quarters. The day was a blur of conversation with kind visitors. In my whirling, solar rose hat I felt like part of a changing world. You can read more about parking day at www.parkingday.org and see video of us here.

You can see more photos here.