The Lisa Frank presidency

Let’s start with a simple inventory. Pick an area in your home: closet, kitchen, bathroom, garage, or other room in your house.

Identify items you rarely use. Choose 3 of those items to donate, sell, or recycle.

(And remember that you don’t use them when you’re tempted to re buy in the future!)

Today is Day 1 of our THIRD annual WPF Ecofrugal Month!

Over the next four weeks, we’ll share prompts to encourage you (and us) to lean into our ecofrugal selves. Let’s spend less, waste less, and live better - together.

Those who cannot remember history are condemned to become Secretary of Defense
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#flu #smallpox #vaccination #Boston

A cartoon bear decorates a globe with balloons, a party hat, hearts, and a slice of pizza. Bunny asks what he’s doing, bear replies “just trying to make the world a little nicer.”

🌍💖 #earthday

A person with measles flew into Logan last week, Boston health officials say The Boston Public Health Commission said anyone who spent time in Terminal C between midnight and 2:30 a.m. on April 14 may have been exposed to the highly contagious respiratory virus.

The Boston Public Health Commission said anyone who spent time in Terminal C between midnight and 2:30 a.m. on April 14 may have been exposed to the highly contagious respiratory virus.

The story behind 'The Midnight Rebellion,' WBUR's new interactive climate fiction podcast Dean Russell, co-creator of "The Midnight Rebellion," explains what led to the idea to create a "Choose Your Own Adventure"-style climate fiction podcast for kids.

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Monday I had to let an employee go, Tuesday my husband got bit by a dog…
I’m kind of afraid of what will happen today.
Both events really wrecked me emotionally/mentally.
Can I just stay in bed and hide from everything?

Yep, just turned off comments on the post and heading to bed.

Also, the guy assuming my husband doesn’t know how to avoid getting bit by dogs, had it coming, etc etc is a realtor and I so want to find a way to leave a negative review….but I suppose I should be better than that.
this guy isn’t even the dog owner in question, just an opinionated man!

Sure looks that way!
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Gonna run out of room in the penalty box.

Any person suggesting it wasn’t my husbands fault, the guy says nope, he should have avoided the people/dogs more. Doubling down on blaming him.

I made one

Confession, I haven’t really watched much hockey since Dominik Hašek and Pat LaFontaine were the big names for the Sabres. I’m not so much a fair weather fan, just a busy person who moved from Buffalo over 25 years ago.
Let’s go, Buffalo!

Because some comments make me think people missed the PSAs I do semi-regularly: if you were born before 1987, you should get a MMR booster now. The second childhood dose of MMR wasn't added until 1989, and folks who were older than 2 (the age for the 2nd) may not have gotten it.

A bunch of felted frogs in progress, some have eyes and faces, others just have bodies, there is also a box of supplies, including felted wool balls of various sizes

These guys are getting ready to go to Chicago!

I foolishly went to local Facebook group asking if the owner could ping me so we could understand vaccine status of dog.
Some guy commented, basically victim blamed my husband, suggesting that he should have given the dog a wider berth to avoid getting bit.
I’m not engaging with that.

Am I overreacting? Who knows?
Am I so anxious I can’t focus? Absolutely!

Owner didn't say anything about rabies or anything. Would assume dog had its shots but no way to know since they didn’t say.
So, as rabies is 100% fatal once symptoms occur, I’m pushing aggressively on him getting treated just in case.

Husband off this week with the kids for spring break.
He went for a run this morning and got bitten by a dog (dog was on a leash with owner).
I was at work, but once he told me about the dog bite, I drove home to send him off to hospital in case of rabies.
Highly unlikely but better safe than sorry.

Waking up as a lifelong Sabres fan today in Boston. Ooh, the sun is shining, the air is brisk, going to be walking on clouds all day.

I need you to know how great this recipe is. I challenged my kids to get showered/ready for bed while I made cookies.
My son, who tends to take longer to get ready, came down a few minutes before the cookies came out of the oven!
I froze rest of dough in balls for emergency cookies!

Photo of 12 chocolate chip cookies on a baking tray right out of the oven.

When in doubt, make a batch of @smittenkitchen.bsky.social’s crispy chewy chocolate chip cookies
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This has me thinking about all the different colors of breast milk depending on when it’s pumped. Some is yellower, some whiter, and some with a blue tint!

Actually slept in a tiny bit this morning, but still ran into the same morning routine: run multiple loads of laundry, clean up in other areas of the house, etc.

A display of assorted comics including The Cog, Brains, Diary comics, Fried Zine Tomato

Felted frogs of various sizes and shapes and colors (pink and green mostly)

My table display at Luna Moth Zine Fest - everything is set up and ready to go, lots of comics and felted frogs

I will be at Luna Moth Zine Fest in Manchester, NH all day long with zines, comics and frogs!! See you there!

and that uses more electricity and you spend more money.

Do not do this. Size your a/c correctly.

Also, we feel cooler when the air is moving. Use your a/c with fans. Fans use up to 20x less energy than your A/C so again this lets you set your a/c at a higher temp and still feel cool.

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My annual reminder that if you need to buy a window A/C this year do not simply buy the largest model you can afford. Energy Star has a sizing guide.

Why do you want an AC that is sized for your room?

Because an undersized A/C won't cool well and an oversized A/C will leave a space humid

Recently, my office issued over $24,000 in penalties to Dunkin for breaking our child labor laws and refusing to keep accurate payroll records.

Massachusetts- know that while I'll always protect our iced coffee from RFK, I'll also always protect our workers.