February 4, 2010
I am being interviewed in an online conference on The Inkwell from February 3rd through the 14th. Five panelists have read...
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My life in 8 words: "Trying to figure things out."
January 4, 2010
My friend Ed Newman, who is a very diligent and enthusiastic blogger, interviewed me about the very large art project I have...
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August 24, 2009
The Buffalo/Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau informs us that Buffalo Chicken Wings were invented on Saturday, March 4, 1964,...
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August 24, 2009
A friend shared this charming little story with me after she read the “Toilet Rats” section of Organic Housekeeping:
One...
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August 24, 2009
If you are extremely worried about the bacteria on your office telephone or computer, stop and think hard about where those...
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August 24, 2009
Into every manuscript the editing knife must fall. Here are some tasty morsels that landed on the editing room floor, but I...
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August 24, 2009
Frédéric Brochet, a researcher in the enology department at the University of Bordeaux, invited fifty-four wine-lovers to...
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August 24, 2009
A short while ago I taped an organic housekeeping segment for a television show in Winnipeg. The producer/star of the show had...
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August 24, 2009
Trade has been an integral component of human culture ever since the Stone Age, when people began trading their surplus goods,...
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August 24, 2009
One of the best things you can do for your own occupational health is to stop suffering quietly. If you have been having...
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August 24, 2009
EXHIBIT A) The True Blue Politician
In these post 9/11 days of fluctuating "terror alert levels," flexible definitions of...
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August 24, 2009
In 1936 The New Yorker published Janet Flanner’s three-part profile of a prominent European. Her subject was a celibate,...
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August 24, 2009
Jeno Paulucci was born in Aurora, Minnesota in 1918, to Ettore and Michelin Paulucci, who had emigrated from Italy six years...
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August 24, 2009
In September of 2005, residents of the Majestic Oaks subdivision in Ocala, Florida, were informed by their homeowners...
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August 24, 2009
"If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?"
-- Albert Einstein
In his book,...
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August 24, 2009
In September of 2004, three people were crushed to death, and sixteen were injured in a stampede at an Ikea furniture store in...
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August 24, 2009
Now that our hands are sparkling clean, what about everyone else’s germy mitts? How do we keep our food from being...
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Conference on The Inkwell, Ellen Sandbeck's Green BarbariansFeb 05, 2010
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A Buddha A DayJan 05, 2010
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How would you describe perfect happiness?Sep 11, 2009
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What’s your greatest fear?Sep 11, 2009
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If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?Sep 11, 2009
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With whom in history do you most identify?Sep 11, 2009
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Which living person do you most admire?Sep 11, 2009
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What are your most overused words or phrases?Sep 11, 2009
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What do you regret most?Sep 11, 2009
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If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?Sep 11, 2009
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What is your greatest achievement?Sep 11, 2009
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What’s your greatest flaw?Sep 11, 2009
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What’s your best quality?Sep 11, 2009
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If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?Sep 11, 2009
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What trait is most noticeable about you?Sep 11, 2009
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Who is your favorite fictional hero?Sep 11, 2009
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Who is your favorite fictional villain?Sep 11, 2009
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If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?Sep 11, 2009
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What is your biggest pet peeve?Sep 11, 2009
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What is your favorite occupation, when you’re not writing?Sep 11, 2009
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What’s your fantasy profession?Sep 11, 2009
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What 3 personal qualities are most important to you?Sep 11, 2009
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If you could eat only one thing for the rest of your days, what would it be?Sep 11, 2009
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What are your 5 favorite songs?Sep 11, 2009
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What are your 5 favorite books of all time?Sep 11, 2009
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Is there a book you love to reread?Sep 11, 2009
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Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?Sep 11, 2009
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What comment do you hear most often from your readers?Sep 11, 2009
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What is your birthdate?Sep 11, 2009
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What were your previous occupations?Sep 11, 2009
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What was/is your favorite job?Sep 11, 2009
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Where did you go to high school and/or college?Sep 11, 2009
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?Sep 11, 2009
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What is your favorite movie?Sep 11, 2009
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What is your favorite television show?Sep 11, 2009
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OUTTAKE #13, Beware of HOAsAug 25, 2009
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OUTTAKE #16, The Barbarian At WorkAug 25, 2009
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OUTTAKE #2 Rampant ConsumerismAug 25, 2009
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OUTTAKE #6, Other People's Hands...Aug 25, 2009
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OUTTAKE #9, Make a Little Something Out of NothingAug 25, 2009
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OUTTAKE #12, A Charming Little StoryAug 25, 2009
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OUTTAKE #15, Tiny Co-workersAug 25, 2009
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Green Barbarians, Outtakes and SnarksAug 25, 2009
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OUTTAKE #4 ConnoisseursAug 25, 2009
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OUTTAKE #8, Cleaning for ShowAug 25, 2009
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OUTAKE #11, Dangerously ExoticAug 25, 2009
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OUTTAKE #14, Stick Together at the OfficeAug 25, 2009
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OUTTAKE #3 Sick With FearAug 25, 2009
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OUTTAKE #7, MIndful FoodAug 25, 2009
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OUTTAKE #10, Make a Lot of Something Out of NothingAug 25, 2009
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How would you describe your life in only 8 words?Aug 25, 2009
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What is your motto or maxim?Aug 25, 2009
Excerpt:
Introduction from Organic HousekeepingJul 17, 2009
Organic Housekeeping will be released on July 18, 2006 in
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Organic Housekeeping is now available in
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Minneapolis Star Tribune, February 13, 2010
...of bread? And, of course, vinegar in every room. 'Green Barbarians: Live Bravely on Your Home Planet,' by Ellen Sandbeck, has been published by Scribner. Sandbeck's book -- her fourth -- gives advice for living a greener life in the kitchen, the...
Every Day I Write the Book, December 18, 2009
...send her a question about an anecdote in her book. She's good people. *20. Green Housekeeping by Ellen Sandbeck. This is another one I read for my 2nd Parents Magazine article, which I guess I should stop talking about because it's embarrassing how they...
Landscape Heaven, September 12, 2009
...Slug Bread & Beheaded Thistles : Amusing & Useful Techniques for Non-Toxic Gardening & Housekeeping ( Paperback ) By Ellen Sandbeck 18 used and new from $0.01 First tagged “gardening” by Lynnyschomms Customer tags: organic household , organic...
