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The ‘upstream’ impact starts with us
Efficiency experts tell companies to go to the source of the issue if they want to solve the downstream problem. Don’t worry about fixing the logjam; go upstream to the source of the logs. The same...
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My path as it should be
This is the second to last leg of my path. It is the quietest stretch of my route, an overgrown aisle of concrete about 300 yards long with about a quarter mile left to my front doorstep. This is how...
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Two things that drive me nuts…
Yeah, I may have a couple of screws loose. Tell me something I don’t know. But there are two items that I pick up with stunning, almost daily, regularity that contribute mightily to my zaniness. One is...
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Make yourself useful…
When I was a kid not doing much, which was often, my dad would tell me – in jest, I think – to “Make yourself useful.” Saturday’s haul. It’s 6:10 Sunday morning, and I’m about to head out the door, bag...
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Beating the rain…
Here is the #1 rule for anyone walking when rain is forecast: “The rain shall fall hardest when the walker is furthest from home.” That’s how it works, and that’s how it worked today. It. Rained. Hard....
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A prediction: a new kind of resource mine…
As long as I’m out on a limb about picking up litter, I might as well venture out far enough to break the branch. (Some of my friends see this blog as lunacy so why not try to attain certifiable...
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A bad day in a good way…
There are different barometers of my days spent hauling in trash/junk/assorted other shit along my path; volume (i.e. bag buster amounts), removal of specialty plastic items (i.e. flossing thingies,...
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Illuminating in the dark…
I don’t like that the autumn and pre-winter days are shorter. It means my Saturday and Sunday walks – empty trash bag and hot coffee in hand – begin in the dark. Even in the dark hours, my 2.5 mile...
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Do we lessen ourselves?
This question may move us beyond the context of the litter that lines our streets, roads and pathways. When we look at things from the larger environmental context, do we lessen ourselves when we toss...
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Chicago is a …
… a mess. Literally, it would be a bag of plastic – per block. My morning stroll to Caffe Streets on Division was depressing. Surely a city can care for itself better. If I were giving out grades for...
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