Confession: Â I really hate writing about politics. Â I’d much rather write fun posts about personal strategies to avoid plastic or profiles of companies offering plastic-free alternatives. Â But these are not normal times, and nothing less than the health of all living beings on planet Earth is at stake. Â So, just as I did before the […]
11/30/16 Update: Â Hurray! Â Despite the disappointing national election results, California has some things to cheer about. Â We passed Prop 67, the single use plastic bag ban! Â Thanks to everyone who voted! A few weeks ago, I did something completely out of my comfort zone. Â I signed up and then showed up to phone bank with […]
11/30/16 Update: Well, so we voted. Now what? Trump has vowed to dismantle environmental regulations. We can’t let that happen. More than ever before, it’s time to get active. I have to admit, the current election cycle has me wanting to hide under my covers with a bottle of wine and a few choice edibles […]
Yesterday morning, I showed up at San Francisco City Hall to testify in favor of broadening the City’s plastic bag ban and discovered that no matter how many times I speak in public, I still get nervous every single time! But sitting in the audience with Eli Saddler from Ocean Health, and looking around at […]
I’m sick at heart this morning. I was going to write a post about how empowered I felt after taking my washing machine apart and putting it back together again.  But I’m too upset by the actions of the California senate this morning to give a crap about that. UGLY TRUTH Last night, I fell asleep in […]
Last month, I wrote about California’s plastic bag ban bill (AB 1998), and Fake Plastic Fish reader Old Novice commented that she thought bag bans were a bad idea and would instead favor a bag fee or tax instead. Well, the bill passed the full Assembly as well as the Senate Environmental Quality Committee, and […]
11/09/2016Â Update: Six years after this post was written, California has FINALLY banned plastic bags across the state! I’m pissed off. I live in a city, like many others in California, that wants to ban plastic shopping bags, but we can’t. Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, Los Angeles, Palo Alto, and other California cities are under attack by […]
HOUSE CLEANING I don’t think our toilet was this clean when we first moved in to our apartment. I personally have scrubbed and scrubbed with a brush and been unable to remove the mineral stains. Not that I’m a great housekeeper. I’m not. In fact, I suck. And Michael does his best, but you know, […]
The highlights of Newsweek’s Special Election Project, released yesterday, include this unsettling tidbit: The debates unnerved both candidates. When he was preparing for them during the Democratic primaries, Obama was recorded saying, “I don’t consider this to be a good format for me, which makes me more cautious. I often find myself trapped by the […]
As I write to you this day after the most exciting election in my 43 years, I want to thank you. You have inspired not only the people of the United States but of the entire world. You weave a beautiful story of hope for people who have become tired and cynical and jaded by […]