Articles from January 2010



How Much Does It Cost To Toast A Piece of Bread?

Posted by CDeering on January 8, 2010

This morning I heard a very interesting story on NPR’s morning edition. All about tracking the cost of your electricity use. How much does it cost to turn on the AC for a few hours? Or the washing machine? How much does that load of laundry really cost you to dry in the dryer? You [...]

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How Long Do You Keep Your Tree?

Posted by CDeering on January 3, 2010

It’s a fun thing to decorate a Christmas Tree, but a painful reminder of time passing when you take it down. Here on Cape Cod, we de-decorated on Friday, yanked the pine out the front door and set it in a snow bank in the front yard for the birds to enjoy for a bit. [...]

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January 2 – Coming Up For Air

Posted by CDeering on January 2, 2010

The holidays were grand. Lots of good times, good people, good food – too much good food. Many thanks to each and every one who came, who enjoyed, who partied! I drove my sister and her family to the bus station late this morning. Snow was falling but it did not seem to delay the [...]

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