Make Something Day, Cloth Napkins

Instead of shopping the day after Thanksgiving, why not make something instead?  If the family’s still around it could become a yearly tradition.  Here’s an idea that I’ve tried recently. If you’re looking for more ideas check out the Make Something Day link above.
Wasted material drives me crazy.  But I’m having to be creative to [...]

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Hope for the Calamities of our Time

I’ve been interested in issues of ecology for several years now as I started to see their connection to issues of justice.  The calamities the world over have roots in our daily choices and as a Christian I started to realize that I couldn’t turn a blind eye to these issues without denying the values [...]

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Processing Apples and Neighborhood Stewardship

Mustard Seed House, the intentional community in which I live, has three apple trees out on the parking strip in front of the house.  To keep these apples organic and fairly bug free, we’ve used various methods over the past couple years; this year they all work nylons socks!  (Not sure where we got this [...]

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Finding Community at Grandma’s

 
 
 
My dad’s mom was a “snow bird” for most of my growing up years.  Don’t know that term?  Snow-birds are a group of people who leave the winter white and cold of the north and travel south.  Here in the west many of them head to Arizona for the dry heat.  That’s where my grandparents [...]

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