Yesterday morning I thought I'd catch up on emails. But for some reason, instead of going to my inbox, I decided I would see what was in the STARRED section.Oh man, there were literally thousands of emails I had put there and never done anything with. Some had red stars, which I figured meant I once thought they were important. Some had other colors, and I had also made liberal use of the question mark icon. There were also quite a few, like notices of books being held for me at the public libr

Every year my husband and I send out a holiday letter to friends. Usually I password-protect it in Wordpress but for some reason I couldn't this time. So what the heck, I thought I'd share it with you folks.It's at 2022 Holiday Letter from Rosana and Kelly - Simple Green LivingI put it on one of my Wordpress sites, which is why the last part of that link is there.Rosana

I thought I was about to have a nice lunch with my husband just now, but it was not to be. As I've mentioned before, he is an expert on various aspects of natural construction, and he has a number of books he's written up on our websites and on major places. Most of them are self-published.This morning, he was doing his annual online search of new books that relate to sustainable architecture. He was horrified to discover seven books on Amazon that are copied from his authoritative and self-pu

Here in the US, it's Thanksgiving week. Everyone everywhere is less than a month from Christmas. People who don't observe Christmas may observe Hanukah or Kwanza, and we all have a new calendar year coming up in sight.I have developed some routines that help me stay focused on still getting work done, even with family, friends, and food providing greater distractions than usual. Maybe some of these will be helpful for you. If you have other methods, please share them in the comments.A key thing

A few weeks ago, I discovered the larger version of Amazon Music, which has gazillions of songs, artists, and albums, for a reasonable monthly fee. I started with a South African father-and-daughter team I'd been listening to, Adrian and Emma-Jean Galliard. Andrea Boccelli and other singers soon followed. Tracking down a Beatles song took me to the fab four themselves. Then I happened to notice several musicians I had listened to many years ago: David Lanz (Cristofori's Dream), Ray Lynch (Deep