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Banana – Sorghum Syrup – Almond Smoothie

Little BitsFebruary 10, 20151KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Making a smoothie for me is honing the art of my intuitive voice. The smoothies I make develop as each ingredient “comes to me,” to speak in such language. Good smoothies are the ones where I listen to my intuitive voice. The horrible ones — and, mercy, I have had some of those — are…

And there he was

Little BitsNovember 24, 20141KViews 0Likes 0Comments

How adorable is this!? I along with a few others were visiting Buckland Farm this weekend, when someone collecting eggs from the hen house spotted this little cutie. Just like this! Barely weaned, if even, he was sleeping in one of the chickens' nests, gathering (or transferring) body warmth from the eggs. So much gratitude to…

Getting my invasivore on with autumn berries

NatureSeptember 23, 20142KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I was encouraged a few years back to explore foraging … and I love it. Less interested in that which grows deep in forests and very interested in that which grows in meadows and suburban lawns and at the scrubby edge of well-manicured community paths, lawns and corporate office parks, I find myself thrilled with…

Free Food — grape leaves for the taking

NatureMay 22, 20141KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I’m a big fan of wild foraging, wild edibles and — especially through the eyes of my mostly suburban existence — free food in my yard and along the pathways where I walk. Wild edible foods provide some of the most sustainable, biodynamic, healthy, seasonal and inexpensive and enriching ways to supplement my diet. I…

Tips for working with local bloggers

Tips for an Orderly LifeMay 21, 20141KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Got news to share in Howard County? As the person who manages the content and curation for HoCoBlogs.com, I know—and know of —hundreds of bloggers in Howard County. From my vantage point, I’ve come to have an (understandably) rich understanding of blogging, bloggers and the local blogging community. One thing I’ve noticed in recent years…

Using Facebook: Checklist for Success

Other WritingMay 2, 20141KViews 0Likes 0Comments

In 2010, I was the communications chair for a nonprofit group that didn't have the staff capacity or knowledge to handle their Facebook page. I needed to create policy and direction for their communications person, and this is what I wrote. introduction At the moment, Facebook is a small part of our communications. The page…

A spring fast, cleanse and detox

Tips for an Orderly LifeMarch 10, 20141KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Some friends and I have decided to do a spring cleanse and detox. This is not my first rodeo, as They say, but it is theirs. I’ve done quite a few cleanses over the years, and that would perhaps seem normal, healthy and wise were I a European blogging to a mostly European audience. But…

Culture and acculturation

Burning Man, CultchaOctober 3, 20131KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Burning Man MOOP map, 2006 – 2013 Burning Man is the world’s largest Leave No Trace (LNT) event. Each year, after the attendees depart and go back home, a crew of people scan the entire 5-/6-square mile space, a person’s-length apart from the next, and they pick up all leftover trash … including sequins,…

Sunrise at the holy land

Burning Man, Little BitsSeptember 6, 20131KViews 0Likes 0Comments

That time I went to Burning Man early for Build Week, camped for a short while at the edge of the city at K street, and woke early to walk farther out and watch the start of a new day. Black Rock Desert: what a glorious, unlike-any-other place. Photo of me, above, by Charlie Dayburn. Photo below…

Thousands of pounds of food … wasted?

NatureMay 17, 20131KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Were people to truly understand that tens if not hundreds or thousands of pounds of food were being wasted each year in communities across the nation, there would probably be some sort of outcry. Indignation at least. Perhaps a call to action, a call to reform. Violets, both the flowers and leaves, are in your…

Free food for the taking

NatureMay 11, 20131KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I’m a big fan of wild foraging, wild edibles and — especially through the eyes of my mostly suburban existence — free food in my yard and along the pathways where I walk. Wild edible foods provide some of the most sustainable, biodynamic, healthy, seasonal and inexpensive and enriching ways to supplement my diet. I…

On dust

Burning Man, NatureSeptember 26, 20122KViews 0Likes 0Comments

There is much talk of dust at, about and around Burning Man. As there should be. Burning Man and dust go hand in hand. But note the word; it’s “dust,” not “dirt.” Dust, not sand. When I was still "a virgin" and people would speak to me of this dust, I could only think of…