The Tale of Two Eateries & Supporting Small Businesses
Having an unexpected day off, Lee and I decided to run some errands and get a little lunch. There's a sweet French cafe near us, and we...
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- Apr 22, 2022
- 2 min
A Wonderful Day for Love—Earth Day!
This morning the vegetation unfurled leaves and fronds to the warm spring sun in our local Cobb's Creek floodplain. Bumble bees buzzed...
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- Apr 16, 2022
- 2 min
How Does Your Garden Grow?
I'm sitting outside on the patio. It's one of the first warm days of spring. The sun is shining. The temperature is perfect. Bird song...
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- Apr 7, 2022
- 3 min
Palm Oil and Climate Villains
I'm standing in the grocery aisle scrutinizing a label. The man waiting behind me sighs; I step aside. He grabs a box of crackers and...
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- Mar 24, 2022
- 3 min
Shopping II — Consumer Activism
My mind turned to boycotts after receiving an oversized box stuffed with plastic bubble wrap from West Elm. If companies can't do better,...
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- Mar 11, 2022
- 3 min
Shopping for a Sustainable Planet—Part I
Last week, Amazon delivered two razors in a box that could have held a winter parka, and then, presumably to prevent them from rattling...
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- Feb 25, 2022
- 3 min
Mislaid faith—Plastics and Recycling
Kat and Bella tug at their leashes, but I'm backtracking to recover a plastic water bottle at the curb. After rerouting the dogs to a...
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- Feb 11, 2022
- 3 min
Guilty Pleasure: Taking Flight
In my adolescent adventures, I wandered the local woods pretending the shrills of our jays, thrushes, and robins were really those of...
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- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
Climate Conversations
The other day I texted Mattie, my youngest stepdaughter, on an environmental issue. Immediately after I pressed send, I held my breath—no...
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- Jan 27, 2022
- 4 min
A Cure for Sleepless Nights
Sometimes it's easy to lie awake during the wee hours and wonder how we will cope when the seas rise and the electric grid fails. In...
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- Jan 17, 2022
- 2 min
Embracing public transportation: Is it worth it?
Train or car? There are so many excuses I can devise to talk myself out of using the train. It takes longer. It's an eight-minute walk to...
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- Jan 15, 2022
- 2 min
The Disposables
My social media accounts are on to me. The advertisements streaming along my scroll alternate between clothes and ingenious products to...
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