Prices at the Pump

Flame Lit - Part V - A micro-blog series of energy definitions and quick facts to help improve energy literacy photo by author Prices at the Pump This is a photo of a 20-Litre jerry can that I bought after our city was evacuated due to wildfire in 2016. It would cost about $30 to… Continue reading Prices at the Pump

Two Simple Tips to Save on Heating

Flame Lit - Part IV - A limited micro-blog series of energy definitions and quick facts to help improve energy literacy photo by author Two Simple Tips to save on Heating The Union of Concerned Scientists have a list of ten personal actions you can take to reduce your energy use and carbon footprint. These… Continue reading Two Simple Tips to Save on Heating

Your Home Furnace Basics

Flame Lit - Part III - A limited micro-blog series of energy definitions and quick facts to help improve energy literacy Your Home Furnace Basics This piece is intended to help with general understanding of the basic process of your home furnace. Detailed descriptions of the many types of modern furnaces and their equipment can… Continue reading Your Home Furnace Basics

Courting the Apocalypse – How Disaster Movies Can Ease our Despair

I have an un-natural obsession with apocalyptic stories - movies and books. My husband pokes fun at me for it - even though he often settles in to watch too. I am not alone, clearly, looking at the box office numbers. Why is it we are drawn to them? I have often wondered about this… Continue reading Courting the Apocalypse – How Disaster Movies Can Ease our Despair

Should Your Next Vehicle be Electric?

Should you invest in an electric vehicle “EV” to work on your personal greenhouse gas emissions? Or stick with your gasoline powered internal combustion engine – your “ICE”? If you plan to charge it up off the provincial electric grid – then it depends where you live in Canada. If you plan to install your … Continue reading Should Your Next Vehicle be Electric?

The Red Fire Tee

Sensory Processing after the Fort McMurray Wildfire The red fire tee. That's how I think of it. It sounds like a description from an L.L. Bean catalogue. It's not. It's the shirt I wore for almost twenty four hours as our family fled from the Fort McMurray wildfire three years ago. Often when I reached… Continue reading The Red Fire Tee