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02 Dec

Holiday Cards: Mail v Email

If there’s one wasteful, materialistic Holiday tradition that I feel I couldn’t be without, it would be the late-Victorian tradition of sending greeting cards. I’ve liked to get and send Holiday Cards since I was a kid, and to this day I’m a little obsessive about this seasonal tradition. Not only does it give me […]

25 Nov

Christmas Trees: Paper or Plastic?

*Update* check out this NYT article about declining sales of cut trees… and be sure to look at the multimedia slide show!
Though it seems awfully Grinchy to bring up the issue, the question of the environmental cost of the christmas tree tradition is impossible to avoid as this time of year. Interestingly, of all the […]

23 Nov

Buy Nothing Day

It’s nearly noon on November 23, Adbusters’ official “Buy Nothing Day.” While this reminder to buy nothing is going up a little bit late, it’s not too late to participate in AdBuster’s “Buy Nothing Christmas” campaign!

01 Nov

Dia de los Muertos Pumpkin

Continuing with the Day of the Dead theme this year, I decided to make a pumpkin carved with flowers…

21 Oct

Sugar Skull Pet Cemetary

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Making candy skulls out of sugar is a Mexican tradition. According to internet sources, each skull is painted with the name of a deceased loved one, and then placed on the family’s “Day of […]

19 Oct

The Old Sparrowpost

Until the new site is fully updated, you can find articles on the original Sparrowpost.
http://www.sparrowpost.net/oldschool/

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