Tag: loving the land

Earth Awareness in my Dishwasher

by 8hummingbirdway

I have recently stepped into a new zone of Earth awareness in 2 ways that I want to share.

I have long been an organic gardener and a composter – which honors Mother Earth and provides healthier products for our table. My husband recently added an awareness of choosing non genetically modified foods, for which I am grateful.

We have had a focus of walking lightly on the earth for some time, and I brought it to a new level recently by responding to the fact of a dishwasher in our new home. We were instructed to use individual plastic pods – delivered in their plastic containers.

An added awareness of product toxicity (Dr. Hulda Clark’s book Cure All Diseases) was the actual cause of the change. Every time I reached under the sink for a pod, I became more aware of the strong toxic fragrance of these pods. We moved 2 years ago, and I’d been using the commercial pods.

About a month ago I took action and researched all the companies that provided environmentally friendly alternatives to these pods. I knew they had to be out there …and they were! I chose to order Blueland dishwashing tablets in a refillable and attractive tin container.

I am so happy with the result, that I ordered monthly refills and also ordered their products to replace our washing machine and toilet cleaning products.

[We were not using pods for these other 2 products, but the plastic containers for these products will no longer be added to the oceans, landfill, wherever they go. (I learned quite a few years ago that our recycling does not actually get recycled. I just now googled it – plastics are the worst – less than 10% are reclycled.)]

Our dishes are clean and there is very faint fragrance of …coconut(?) when I sniff a tablet.

The website boasts high approval from USDA, EPA, and other environmental organization.

I keep the tin on my counter. I gives me a good feeling every time my eyes land on it.

My 2nd version of Earth awareness waits for another day.

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Very small lots for sale

by 8hummingbirdway

This morning I woke from a dream of looking at several tiny lots for sale. They were 2″ X 2″ – just a tiny speck of land. They were all on the road on the edge of someone’s property. I was considering them as a good place to place a candle and light it and my friends and I would form a circle “around” it on the road (a dirt road). We would pray or sing or share heartfelt stories – I’m not sure what the entire plan was.

The last one I looked at was on the edge of the property that I lived on for 25 years in Summit. It was a lovely little spot, but the owner came over with a bulldozer and pushed the soil towards me and I backed off. I guess he didn’t want anyone – or me – to own this spot. I can understand that.

I woke up and I thought again of the land I love in Summit. It was my dream home and I’m so grateful to have lived there.

I realized that in the Spring or Summer I could take a walk in the woods the way I often did. I could enter on the road. My neighbor didn’t mind me walking his logging roads, which were extensive. He had significantly more acreage than I. I think I will check with him in the Spring to see if it’s ok. And then I can revisit the lovely woods and some favorite trees and rocks. And maybe I will sneak quietly over to visit briefly with Grandmother Tree. I wonder if the wood chimes I left her are still there.

If it’s Summer, I know where there is a sprinkling of raspberries along the road.

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