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jeans

between earth and sky

About Me

I'm busy. I travel. I write. I am shaking off shoulds and owning my own life. I have a rescued weenie dog who is a bit of a problem child. I am working diligently with some great folks to start a non-profit called the New Prosperity Initiative, www.thenewprosperity.org

My Interests

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completing crossword puzzles, music, social theory, starting a biz, sustainable living,
travel [domestic and international] to where-ever. writing short stories, cooking delicious creations, alpacas, manchengo cheese, and my garden

I'd like to meet:

folks with entrepreneurial skills and/or 'connections', movers and shakers, the fun and funny, or those who can enable paychecks like a full time job without the 40 hour commitment. people who have been on sabatical

Music:


Movies:

la haine, stranger than fiction, elling, sexo Y lucia, city of god, secretary

Books:

The Fifth Discipline, The Art of Happiness, The Wind Up-Bird Chronicle, Unbearable Lightness of Being,Where We Stand: Class Matters

Heroes:

the working class

My Blog

greed and irresponsibility

[today courtsey of mr. obama] The era of greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street and in Washington has created a financial crisis as profound as any we have faced since the Great Depression. Congre...
Posted by jeans on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:42:00 PST

nutraceuticals?!

Here is another example of why food production is so messed up and yet another reason to eat local, unprocessed, and organic. I mean Tropicana could ask and address the question, "why aren't diets mo...
Posted by jeans on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:19:00 PST

soul mates

[i'm a total copier]   soul mates "He probably was. Your problem is you don't understand what the word means. People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a ...
Posted by jeans on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:18:00 PST

Barack Obama 2004 DNC Speech Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awQkJNVsgKM ...
Posted by jeans on Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:10:00 PST

boston events and ad space

The New Prosperity Inititative is a local nonprofit organization holding an event at Dot 2 Dot cafe on the evening of August 21st and looking to raise money to fund some of our operational expens...
Posted by jeans on Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:23:00 PST

one mo’ gin

TIGERS What are we now but voiceswho promise each othera life neither one can delivernot for lack of wantingbut wanting can't make it so.We hang from a vineat the cliff's edge.There are tigers abovean...
Posted by jeans on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:36:00 PST

Community Supported Agriculture: all the kids are doing it

Today I signed up to participate in a CSA. What does this mean you ask? Well I pay about $250 and each week beginning in June through about October I will travel to a designated location in Boston to ...
Posted by jeans on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:29:00 PST

famous, well kind of

Martza on Elm is my favorite resturant in Boston, so I was excited when I was interviewed and quoted in the paper about it. Ohhh and you might even recognize some of the folks in the picture! http://...
Posted by jeans on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:01:00 PST

help a friend of mine.

Help a friend of mine.www.projecthavehope.orgShe has started an mirco-finance organization to help Ugandan women."Project Have Hope works with a group of 100 women in the Acholi Quarter of Uganda and ...
Posted by jeans on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:29:00 PST

sometimes traveling alone gets old

back from San Diego. ...
Posted by jeans on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:49:00 PST