by Dawn | Oct 6, 2013 | simplicity
I’m running late… It happens. A lot. I get up to do some work in the morning. Then I leave late for…work. I’ll drive faster. I want to back out of the driveway. A fawn stares me down. I stop. I wait. I’ll make up the time on the back...
by Dawn | Sep 24, 2013 | organization, Teaching, Uncategorized
The Teacher’s Mailroom. It’s a relic from the past. Boxes that serve as a repositories for things better ignored via email. Every once in a while the cluttered box proves its worth. I get a special treat from someone like a thank you note or a card with a...
by Dawn | Sep 23, 2013 | self-improvement, simplicity
There was a box from Amazon at the door. I forgot what I ordered. I opened it up. Coffee. Another one came two days later. A carrier for my lunch tin and copies of my friend’s book. Cool. I don’t buy a lot of stuff, but when I do, I forget it’s on...
by Dawn | Sep 22, 2013 | gardening, Teaching, Uncategorized
I pulled out the last of the Brussels sprouts without brussels. I’d been watching them, waiting. I asked the farmer when I saw them getting cabbage worms. “Should I spray?” I didn’t want to spray. I wanted to be organic. Spraying would make me...
by Dawn | Sep 21, 2013 | food, simplicity
I’m canning. Canning everything in sight, actually. Somehow, in the process of doing all this work, I live under the illusion that I’m saving money. It’s a lie. It’s a lie I refuse to confront as I swim up to my chin in tomatoes, wash, and get...
by Dawn | Sep 8, 2013 | family, food, gardening
Yesterday we went to the farm and got B Grade produce. B Grade produce is the best kept secret on the planet. Some, like peaches and tomatoes, are overripe, needing to be eaten or canned immediately. Others, like eggplants and apples just don’t look good on...
