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Catching up on 2016 Blogs

Posted by Annette Olson

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After a hiatus in 2016, I did have some adventures here and there.  This time, I started on a new blog where I don’t keep having to change the domain name each year:  adventuresacrosstheyears.wordpress.com.  I start off with a train … Continue reading →

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Dec·19

A new blog

Posted by Annette Olson

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So, I decided to take a break in 2016 on my adventure blog, because it was quite “me” oriented, despite my efforts to volunteer.   Plus I was exploring a new relationship.  I will post a couple new adventures I had, … Continue reading →

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Nov·16

The last adventure of 2015

Posted by Annette Olson

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This month I had already done my new volunteer activity for Metro teen AIDS,  and eaten my new food (Dragon fruit) – all that was left was to do something unusual, like learn how to weld.  Which would have been … Continue reading →

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Tagged boyfriend, Christmas, holidays, meeting the parents, MIami, parents, relationships

Jan·01

Dragon fruit

Posted by Annette Olson

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My final new food of 2015 was the dragon fruit, or Pitaya, which includes the fruit of  several species of night-blooming cacti in the genus Hylocereus, and which is quite delicious.  Just slice in half, scoop out the flesh, slice, … Continue reading →

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Tagged adventures, burning chocolate, cactus fruit, chocolate charcoal, chocolate fire, dragonfruit

Dec·22

Volunteer to save lives from HIV

Posted by Annette Olson

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This week, I and a number of other volunteers assisted the organization Metro Teen AIDS by assembling safe sex kits. The group provides condoms and information about safe sex to teenagers who can’t afford condoms, or who don’t think they … Continue reading →

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Tagged AIDS, help, HIV, kits, safe sex

Dec·20

Wrap Art

Posted by Annette Olson

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Well, my volunteer activity for November definitely, absolutely changed the world. In an attempt to get a new type volunteering done within the month (each month it has to be a different type), I volunteered to wrap presents at the … Continue reading →

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Tagged adventures, artists, artists-in-residence, clothing, collage, jewelry, painting, pottery, studios, wrapping presents

Nov·30

Yampee

Posted by Annette Olson

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Yampee.  Yampee.  I like having you in my life now.  Welcome to the land of being broiled, and who knows what else.    All because of a visit to a Korean supermarket, looking for a food adventure.  I walked out with … Continue reading →

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Tagged adventures, broiled potato, cultivated yam, cush-cush, home fries, Indian yam, Korean markets, yampee

Nov·22

Hot Air Ballooning

Posted by Annette Olson

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Please don’t tell my dad I did this. (He rarely checks the blog, being a dawn-to-dusk-to-recliner farmer.)  I originally planned to balloon with friends on my birthday almost two years ago, but the trip was rained out.  Shortly after, a … Continue reading →

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Tagged adventures, ballooning, Birthday, friends, heights, hot air ballooning, risks, Shenadoah Valley, West Virginia, Woodstock VA

Nov·07

Face-painting kids on Halloween is a Treat

Posted by Annette Olson

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Thank goodness for my friend Michelle asking for volunteers to help with face-painting at our Halloween block party!  I was so crazed with work I hadn’t even thought of my volunteer activity for the month of October.  And here it … Continue reading →

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Tagged art, children, face-painting, Halloween, kids, Petworth

Nov·02

Schwooxie squash

Posted by Annette Olson

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Schwooxie squash is how you pronounce what is known as schwoughksie squash in New York.  I found that out (via the omni-knowledge source known as Wikipedia, where I also got the public domain photo). How can one not fixate on … Continue reading →

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Tagged camping, cargo, dolphins, First Landing State Park, grilling, patty pan squash, pattypan squash, petit squash, schwoughksie squash, Virginia Beach

Nov·01

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2015 Adventures

  • Catching up on 2016 Blogs
  • A new blog
  • The last adventure of 2015
  • Dragon fruit
  • Volunteer to save lives from HIV
  • Wrap Art
  • Yampee
  • Hot Air Ballooning
  • Face-painting kids on Halloween is a Treat
  • Schwooxie squash
  • A Southern Plantation in Louisiana
  • Atlanta
  • Purple mini-bananas
  • Dog Adoption Drive
  • Sapotes, Annapolis, and A Walk in the Woods
  • SAFARI!
  • A Korean melon, and a cleanup.
  • Catch up: mullein, KEEN, a reunion, mini-zucchini, and apnea
  • Guitar Lessons
  • Being a tourist in my own hometown
  • Pepino Melon
  • Parade Balloon Handler. Really.
  • Laser Power
  • Kiwano Melon
  • 70 packets
  • XC Skiing
  • The Supremes, a King, and Burwell
  • Air Force Memorial
  • Chayotes
  • Books to Prisons
  • Romanesque Green Cauliflower
  • Polar Bear Plunge!
  • Flotation Therapy, i.e., a Sensory Deprivation Tank
  • Should I, or shouldn’t I, do the Polar Bear Plunge?

Recent Adventure Posts: Adventures Across the Years

Adventures in 2019 – Catching Up: Bahrain

I was on NPR!

Pearl Fryer’s Topiary Garden and other random art in or near Columbia, S. Carolina.

Giving Testimony on Climate Change in front of the DC City Council

My Solar Panel Installation — on Earth Day, No Less

Political Rally – with Beto

The Corn Maze

Sleeper Car on the Train

Night of the Environmentalists – Veggie Potluck & Outdoor Movie

An Impulse to Get Inked

Samples of Previous Adventures: adventuresacross2014

SAFARI!

Adventures Across 2015 have started — in a Sensory Deprivation Tank!

The Year 2014 in Adventures

Candlemaking with my Dad

Glassblowing

Juniper and Elder Berries

Longwood Gardens

Simply through a Lens

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

SE Oklahoma, aka Indian Nation

My New Blog: Climate Steps

Examples of Individuals Impacting Climate Court Cases

Through the work of our two climate policy interns from Carleton University, Azka and Anshika, we have compiled a list of court cases in which individuals have made a difference – either through filing suit against polluters or governments, or by giving their personal testimony. So check out our new page; we’ll continue to add … Continue reading Examples of Individuals Impacting Climate Court Cases

The Paris Agreement, the USA, and You

It is during such times that we realize the power individuals hold towards determining the future of the world.

A Tool Library Is a Seed

or How Collaborative Communities Can Reduce Global Warming….

Taking Action in the Courts: The New Climate Steps Politics Page

According to the United Nations, the climate crisis has become the defining issue of our generation. With the legislative and executive branches of states around the world failing to act, however, the judicial branch often remains the last resort to address the growing human rights and environmental crises. Learn more on how you can take … Continue reading Taking Action in the Courts: The New Climate Steps Politics Page

Stripes and Stories

“….this past winter the ground never froze, so we have a banner year for destructive insects…”

The Plastic Podcast

Wind up Plastic-Free July by spending some time with us learning what is plastic, its impacts – good and bad – including on climate change, and how to fight plastic pollution throughout the year. Dr. Annette Olson, Founder of Climate Steps and the Lead for Green Neighbors DC, and guest Den Fusso, plastic activist, will … Continue reading The Plastic Podcast

A New Climate Steps Resource Page – Podcasts

Announcing a new resource page for Climate Steps – Podcasts, which has reviews of 13 informative podcasts in the areas of climate science, how climate change affects us, the all important climate solutions, and then the environment in general. Three of my favorites are: The Mint Climate Change Tracker, which provides an overview of climate … Continue reading A New Climate Steps Resource Page – Podcasts

Plastic-Free July Starts Tomorrow

Hey again. There’s a campaign that’s been growing yearly, which started in Australia, to make July Plastic-Free. https://www.plasticfreejuly.org. If you are wondering about how plastic relates to climate change, it significantly causes it: Plastic comes from natural gas and oil – methane is released during drilling; CO2 is released during manufacturing; There’s transportation to a … Continue reading Plastic-Free July Starts Tomorrow

What is a Climate Step?

….it is one way we show our respect for the sufferings of others…

Why We Must Stop Asking for New Roads

….people don’t behave like water molecules. Whenever a new road is opened, we change our behavior.

The Adventure Rules

The goal: To stretch and grow, as well as to look forward, instead of behind. So each month, I plan three adventures:

A New Food: As in 2014, the 'something new' has to be a truly new type of action for me; for instance, the new food has to be a new fruit or vegetable that I have never eaten before. I’m vegetarian, so there will be no eating of bizarre insects, thank you. But I am prepared for my taste buds to be disgusted, bored, or enthralled.

A New Activity or Place: These have to involve a little effort or courage. A new movie, concert, or a new restaurant does not count. It has to be a new type of music in a new concert hall, a new city, a new type of art class. Btw, hot-air ballooning is still on the list.

A New Volunteer Effort. This will be something I haven't done before, and each month will be different. Potentially I could mix all three up, say by volunteering to be a taster at a durian pie-making contest at a world's fair, but my goal for the volunteer effort is to help people and the planet, so the likelihood is that each month will have three different adventures. We shall see.

Famous quote to go with this: “An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.” G. K. Chesterton.

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