Earlier in April I listened to a fantastic episode of Rob Hopkins’ podcast From What if to What Next? Hopkins, if you have not heard of him, is a writer and activist based in Totnes, England, and the founder of the Transition movement. He is a great believer in the power of our imagination to …
Gardening Weekend!
It’s gardening weekend! Whoop! Whoop! Last year during COVID lockdown the Friends School Plant Sale was cancelled. It was the first Mother’s Day weekend in something like 17 years that we did not have a crazy garden sale weekend. Well they are back this year in a COVID appropriate way that turned out to be …
Experiments
For the past many years I have been using row cover fabric in the garden in spring to keep squirrels from digging up newly planted veg beds. It has worked beautifully. Until now. But there is backstory. Cue wavy picture and flute-y music for going back back-in-time. Here we are in late summer 2020. A …
Happy Earth Day!
Every day is Earth Day of course, but it is good to take a moment to celebrate our beautiful home and to recognize that we owe our lives to her. She is truly our mother. Here's a bit from Ideas to Postpone the End of the World by Ailton Krenak. Krenak is an indigenous activist …
An Evolutionary Update
Here we are in the middle of April so I thought I’d give an update on how my New Year Evolutions are going. Reduce Plastic This one has been going pretty well and combines nicely with the buy quality/buy less/buy nothing goals. I have been refraining from buying things I don’t need like more cycling …
