by Dawn | Nov 3, 2015 | food, gardening, simplicity, sustainability, Teaching, wellness
“What’s that?” the kid asked. She was examining my lunch–apple butter, homemade cheese, and bread I baked that morning wrapped Japanese furoshiki-style in a cloth napkin. “Bread,” I said. That was in the days when I still ate...
by Dawn | Nov 19, 2014 | food, gratitude, sustainability
“Mom, I promise I’ll eat the bananas.” Declan put two large bunches in the cart. “Are you sure? That’s a lot of bananas.” He’s a picky eater, cycling through egg whites one week, apples the next, scoops of peanut...
by Dawn | Nov 3, 2014 | gratitude, sustainability
“What’s a paper towel? said little Declan at a holiday meal. A member of the extended family asked for one. I passed around a stack of cloth napkins. “It’s one of these made of paper.” Declan laughed. When he saw his first paper napkin in...
by Dawn | Oct 25, 2014 | technology
It’s nearly the end of the first quarter at school. “Miss! I gave you that paper!” “Yes, you did. Yesterday. Late. It’s in The Pile.” The Late Pile is the pile of papers asking for forgiveness because students don’t want bad...
