Earth-Friendly Friday

TWO-USE COFFEE


You can use a teabag more than one time, well you can do the same thing with coffee grounds-but, if you're like me, you'll have to add some fresh grounds on top - I like my coffee strong-especially in the wee-hours of the morning.

Tip for Being Earth-Friendly: Instead of making one pot of coffee and then throwing out the grounds, just add a second (fresh) scoop of coffee grounds on top of the used grounds and make another pot. That way you'll save coffee filters, coffee, and money.

Then, to be even friendlier to the earth, take the used grounds and put them-right with the filter-out in the compost pile to go into the garden. You'll be replenishing the soil and adding mulch at the same time.

Answer to Thought for Thursday

Answer: The Doorknob

Thought for Thursday

Thought:

Which character in Walt Disney's 1951 film version of Alice in Wonderland was not in the original stories by Lewis Carroll?

Take a guess, put your answer in the "comments" section and then come back around 3:00 to see the answer.

Answer to Word for Wednesday

Answer: Rennet is the inner lining of the fourth stomach of calves and other young ruminants. You can read more about it here.

Word for Wednesday

Word: Rennet


It can be something simple
Or something truly insane
Take a guess, exercise your brain

Even if you really don't know
Come on people,
Play along, give it a go

Then don't forget to come back at 3:00
That's the only way you'll be able to see

unless you google the answer or peek in a book
but that will take away the fun,
I'm trusting you - not to look

Tip for Tuesday: Writing Related- (P squared)

Find Your Passion and Be Persistent!

It's as simple as that.

And as hard as that.

People search, sometimes a lifetime, to find the one thing that sets their soul on fire.

If you already know you love to write, you're way ahead in the game.

Then you've got to send out your work, whether it's to a magazine, a newspaper, or a book publisher, it doesn't matter. Just send it out-of course you'll have to figure out which one is appropriate. But then, and this is the BIG important part of the tip, be persistent.

It's like one of those cheers from the high school drill team:

B.E. P.E.R.S.I.S.T.E.N.T.

It's like Rose said in Titantic, "I'll never let go."

Of my dreams.

And don't you let go either. We all need to hold on to our dreams.

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