Announcing Sustainable Together blog

What's new in the world? I'll tell you about what's happening in my corner: I have signed on to the sustainability movement in my hometown and started blogging (publicly) about "ways we share the journey toward a more sustainable life" at SustainableTogether.com.

I launched my new blog in mid-September, and its inspiration is a long story, but you can read the synopsis in this early post -- and follow the link to the newspaper article, too.

http://sustainabletogether.com/2011/09/14/blog-born-of-purpose/

Soren starting preschool in September made me think about re-energizing my communications career track and my professional image in the community. I'm now a member of our local Chamber of Commerce, and I'll be presenting an overview of Jefferson County's sustainability initiatives at the Chamber's lunch meeting on Monday, Nov. 14, noon-1 p.m. Let me know if you can come; the talk is free and open to the public.

I'll continue to update this private family blog ocassionally, but you may wish to subscribe to email updates from Sustainable Together, where I am writing at least once a week. Just enter your email address in the box in the upper right-hand sidebar, click "subscribe," and look for the welcome email -- you have to click on the link to confirm your subscription. Or click here to go to the Subscribe page.

Looking for a quick Soren fix? Click on the words "my son" in the alphabetical tag cloud (also in the right-hand sidebar) and you'll get a list of all the posts about him. Here, I've done it for you:

http://sustainabletogether.com/tag/my-son/

I look forward to sharing this new journey with you!

Happy fall(ing leaves)!

Can you spot our Sir Soren in the leaves? We had a grand time last week frolicking in the courthouse park, and one of his favorite games was to be buried and pop up.

Watch out, he might throw a handful at you. Duck!

So Happy Halloween! It's today, and Soren's costume is a knight. Sir Dance-alot, we call him. Mom will be a queen, Dad will be another knight -- although the helmet he whipped up this morning with tin foil and duct tape has Viking horns on it(??!). I'll post pictures from our downtown costume parade soon.

Thanks to our friend Ron for taking these pictures in the park.

We apologize for not blogging in two months... I (Shelly) launched a professional blog in mid-September called Sustainable Together, and it and my new career focus have been taking up most of my free time.

While this private family blog will continue to be updated ocassionally, all you Randall Roost readers might want to subscribe to Sustainable Together as well. I am trying to post at least once a week, on how my neighbors and I are building community through trying to live more sustainably. Read how to subscribe in this related post.

Then click on the words "my son" in the tag cloud (in the righthand sidebar) and you'll be directed to all the posts about Soren. Yeah, this little cutie. Gotta love him.