This past weekend the most amazing thing happened for my daughter Anwyn. She’s the magical age of sweet 16. And while that does make her a doe-eyed beauty, it also makes her ripe for growing up and pulling her own weight. A few weeks ago I broke it to her that she needed to get a job. Sadly, there were…
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Starbucks "Via" doesn't help matters
I love coffee. I was never one of those folks who started drinking it in childhood, or at college. I actually didn’t start drinking it until my mid-thirties, when my then dear friend Amy, a total coffee junkie, got me hooked. In the ten years or so since then I’ve come to love grinding my own, brewing in a French…
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Nice gams
For most people I know doing the right thing is a given when doing the wrong thing would be unthinkable. Take littering for example. There’s nobody I know who would knowingly litter anything. Perhaps these folks would toss biodegradable food bits, but that’s about the worst of it. When it comes to cutting our conspicuous over consumption of non-essentials, however,…
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A few precious drops
I’m a romantic in so many ways. I’m particularly attracted to some of the devices from the past that were a part of daily life. One of my real faves is the wash basin and pitcher. I think they’re ripe for a comeback among the conservation-conscious, while lending a bit of the romantic lifestyle splash of which I speak. Whenever…
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Joys of community
This past weekend I finally got to do something I’ve been wanting to do for a while. I joined a community garden. Ever since I moved to Staunton, Virginia, I’ve unfortunately had very little garden space. First I was in an apartment with no yard access, and then my boyfriend Erik (now my husband) bought me a beautiful brick Victorian…
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The mind-boggling energy reality
The other night when I was cooking dinner I fell into a sort of Zen mind space, observing myself doing what I did thousands of other times, but this time with a heightened consciousness. We were “cooking out” the grass-fed ground beef I had picked up the Saturday before at our farmers market. My hubby was out back, doing the…
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