Freecycle

When we last left off the shadow of my summer solstice musings, I was writing about two blogs I like, Parentopia, and DaddyChip2. I was then interrupted by a radio call from Maria at BlueSuitMom.com, to which I can mostly say, thank you to the cosmic beings that make sure that overtired moms are at their desks, with their little babies happily sleeping, at the exact time in the afternoon that another mom is about to call and put her on the air, even when usually on-top-of-things mom #1 has forgotten to peek at her calendar that day. Parentopia had a blog entry about Freecycling that I wanted to write about (http://www.parentopia.net/blog/index.html--and then scroll down to the entry for June 15, 2006: "File Under News You Can Use.") Freecycles are organized in several countries, and many communities. The vision is that we all have things we don't want that others might, and better than filling our trash with them, why not have an internet-based way of finding that futon mattress's next owner. I've checked into my local freecycle. Someone had posted that she had five artist's canvasses, already stretched on frames, that I thought would be nifty around the house. I was already imagining myself and my daughter experimenting with paint when I learned the canvasses had been snatched up in a minute, the minute before I got there! Anyway, Freecyle is a wonderful organization, so check them out if you have stuff to get rid of, or if you're looking for an item that someone else might be sending back into the world. Good luck!