Less Plastic

Hello,

A friend told me about putting a fish in a plastic bowl and it died almost instantly. I have often read about how life would be better with less plastic, not that we die as fast as the fish. My life is so inundated with plastic; I have a hard time remembering life before its advent. It has proliferated in my life time, but was it there before?

We have a plastic lid thing for the microwave which stops spattering. Leroy’s mother gave that to us a long time ago. I have used and appreciated it for years. I figure the heating close to food is bad. I suspect it is that bad plastic so I got a new one today that does not have some of the known problem materials in it.

Now the question was what to do with the old one. I told Leroy that I could give it away, but would that mean that some poor person would get it? Leroy’s response was, “If it is not safe for us to use it is not safe for another to use. Put it in the trash.”

It is going in the trash.

I have gotten a new sun hat. After wearing it around with the tag on I have removed the tag and will keep it. I was a little afraid that it will cause a headache as it is close to being tight. Will my head swell in the heat. This hat is for women and looks quite nice. I will also get the model that is more men so I will have one that is a little larger, plus it will be more packable. This one is packable but not as easily as Leroy’s is.

I hung clothes out this morning for the first time this year. The sheets smell so good. Things dried very nicely. When cleaning the clothes line my rag got a big black streak. It is hard to think about all of that stuff being in the air and we breathe it all the time. What do our lungs look like?

Paula