by Dawn | Mar 19, 2013 | family, food, parenting
All my friends go to Disney. I love Disney. I’ve been there several times. My parents did it right, though. They waited. I was nineteen. I didn’t think I would enjoy a pilgrimage to see Mickey Mouse at nineteen. I was wrong. It was awesome. There were a...
by Dawn | Feb 14, 2013 | food, satire, Teaching
If you teach, parent, or ever went to school, you should appreciate what an event Valentine’s Day is in schools. It’s that one day where we see red when we’re not angry. Where kids exchange cards, and there is so much sugar that it would make Milton...
by Dawn | Feb 12, 2013 | education reform, food, gratitude, politics, simplicity, social justice, spirituality, Teaching
I was running the other day—disobeying myself since I’m taking a short hiatus from running, but I promised myself “just a quick mile.” Of course it’s never quick or a mile. Somewhere around mile five a song kicked in. Not even sure how it made my...
by Dawn | Jan 14, 2013 | family, food, music, parenting, Rhode Island, simplicity, sustainability
I love the farmer’s market. I feel comfortable. There are people like me at farmer’s markets. There are people with canvas bags, no doubt tons of vegetarians, and older parents. That makes me smile because though I feel young at heart, and I hate it when...
by Dawn | Jan 12, 2013 | family, food, gratitude, organization, politics, simplicity, sustainability
It all began with blips on the financial radar in 2006. I was pregnant with Declan–the hero of some of these stories. The universe was about to come crashing down. I felt it. I wasn’t sure what was about to happen only that something was wrong in the...
by Dawn | Jan 10, 2013 | family, food, gratitude, simplicity, sustainability
I found my canvas bags. In my move, I’d lost them and I’d been forced to use plastic. I’d committed a great many enviro-crimes in moving from House A to House B, the least of which was forgetting my bags. I confessed this to my green friend. I...
