misia says it best:

In other news, eco-conscious household supplies manufacturer
Seventh Generation is sponsoring a very cool project, somewhat along the
lines of The Hunger Site and similar web-clicky-donation things.

Women?s shelters in the U.S. go through thousands of tampons and pads
monthly, and, while agencies generally assist with everyday necessities
such as toilet paper, diapers, and clothing, this most basic need is often
overlooked. You and I may take our monthly trips down the feminine care
aisle for granted, but, for women in shelters, a box of tampons is five
dollars they can?t spare. Here?s some good news: you can help us
contribute to rectifying this situation by making a virtual donation
below!

For each virtual donation, Seventh Generation will send a pack of organic
cotton tampons or chlorine-free pads to a shelter in your state.

So click on through
to the other side and do that thing. Do it lots. And spread the
word.

(Canadians, they have the provinces listed too.)

House update: Tuesday

My aunt reports:

Today for lunch, Dan, David, John and I had hamburgers.

Dan and Dave put up a second coat of drywall on the second floor sewer stack and duct. They have started on the front hall.

William is mudding and taping. Yeah!

Dan suggests the second floor closet in the front room needs a false ceiling--but John has to move the electrical box, which Dan won't touch.
Cheers, Helen

Have emailed back that I am more than happy to live without a ceiling in that closet. Forever, if need be. Do you think Dan will be disappointed?

Oh, damn.

Jane Jacobs is dead at 89.

She was a remarkable woman of ideas. Toronto, and the world, have lost a treasure.

(Via crankygrrl.)