Something is in the fall air...

As noted in my previous entry, I have undertaken changes to incorporate more walking  -both for leisure and for errands - into my daily life. Over the summer, I read an article about natural deodorants. It was quite a scintillating -or perhaps scentillating? -topic. I've been doing some research and walked today to The Vitamin Shoppe in my neighborhood to pick up some organic stink-fighters for myself. I've tried the Tom's of Maine and the crystal types in the past with little success, so I'm hoping that these new formulations do the trick.

On a related note, today I am expecting a delivery of a new juicer I got on sale, so that I can integrate more vegetables and fruits into my family's diet.

An hour ago, I cut up some veggies for tonight's dinner and rather than throw the peelings in the trash, I gathered them up and hauled them to the mulch/compost pile in the backyard.

Then I went out to my pond and picked out some of the leaves and thought to myself in a self-congratulatory manner, how well my strategies for keeping the pond healthy (proper levels of bacteria, gasses, PH level, survival of various plant & animal species,etc.) without using chemicals have gone for the past 18 months.

I just got an email from my pastor inviting me and others on parish council to attend a workshop at a local Lutheran congreation on "greening your congregation" and "the stewarship of creation" (i.e. - environmentalism) as its an undertaking he'd like to see my stewardship committee explore.

Coincidence? I don't think so.