A good friend of mine was driving safely through a residential neighborhood 25 years ago.  She’s the woman you get behind who signals at every turn, has her hands at 10 and 2 and never exceeds the speed limit.  A four year old child ran out.  It was the child’s fault, even the civil jury cleared my friend of any wrong doing.  In less than five seconds, a child ran out from between two parked cars, my friend, who was 18 at the time, slammed on the brakes, and it was too late.  A child was dead and two families were destroyed.   And she was driving safely.  I wonder what people think when they speed through residential areas.  I say “drive as if your child was in the other guy’s car”.  A vehicle is a lethal weapon, we should all treat it as such.  I will confess to numerous moving violations, and most have occurred on highways, generally lonesome highways.  None have occurred where kids, cats or dogs could be hurt.  Let’s take a moment for the little ones, because it takes a second to say goodbye.

The San Francisco Chronicle had an interesting article on going green yesterday.  It really is about consuming less.  We have to ask ourselves, do we need to put these three oranges into a plastic bag so that the clerk can put it into a paper bag?  Or can they just go into the cart loose?  Pre-cycling is just as important as re-cycling.

To Join the Women’s Crew

• To volunteer, register for a build day online through our website.
• Attend an All Women’s Crew monthly meeting at 6:30pm on the 1st Tuesday of every month. Meetings are held at Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church located at 1801 Lacassie Avenue Room 303, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 (click address for directions).
• Call the Habitat office at (510) 251-6304, ext. 307 for further information or email showell@habitatEB.org.

How cool is that?