Hey Betsy,
Cheyenne is Gorgeous! I've always wanted to know someone that had horses for friends. I'm going to see Amelia Kinkade this fall at Kripalu. Are you familiar with her work? The West Coast seems to have a leg up on the East Coast for sustainable living, recycling, and being green. For that reason I've wanted to move my family to the west coast in the hopes that it would be easier to live a vegetarian, green, nature-based life. Is that possible?! I truly believe one person can make a difference, and I'm glad to know you're part of this group. :)
Hey Goddess2
Glad I was invited as well.
A song I wrote for mother earth is on my page if you would like a listen to. It's a free download for everyone to use however they wish. Feel free to forward. If it helps just one human being become a better steward of the earth then the song to me is a huge success, it's pricesless to my soul. Like John Lennon said "there are no problems only solutions! Have great day!
Michael
It's too sad for me to remember being in Eugene, and seeing that so little of the city is old-style urban pedestrian friendly. Sixth and Seventh Ave are so disgusting. There are few big trees on the streets outside of the old downtown area. And the town fathers tried to make the new center city (the old center being around the Amtrak station, and that has been looking nice for about 30 years now) a pedestrian area and it failed horribly. The stores won't locate there because there is too little business. The locals would still rather drive to the giant super-duper markets and to the malls, than walk, ride a bike (good bike path network, I've got to say!), or take the LTD buses (decent bus system for a small city) and go downtown. I've been to Portland and there are some larger pedestrian friendly areas but it still isn't as good as what I see and live in on the east coast (I live near Boston and can walk to everything). I was lucky that I lived near a supermarket I could walk to in Eugene but otherwise the neighborhood wasn't that great for walking around in. The main streets are more like highways back here, and the intersections too wide (like somewhere in Florida) and the cars (SUVs probably now) go too fast. Eugene had so much potential but even there the locals who are really into the "ecology" thing are few compared to the average self-indulgent American.
