Category Archives: eco-craft

life through the grapevine

July 5, 2010 – 3:16 pm

A few years ago a grapevine crept over our fence in our backyard. It has grown with gusto and we now have massive amounts of grapevines that climb over our fence weekly threatening to swallow up our entire terrace. In years past I have cut them and composted them but then I decided to make [...]

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from dress to bike-friendly tunic

June 29, 2010 – 2:34 pm

In the spring, summer and fall I am lucky enough to live in a town where I can go most of the places I need to go on a bike. I have skorts and some skirts or dresses that I can wear on my bike without worrying about my skirt getting tangled in the spokes [...]

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fairy houses and other possibilities

June 24, 2010 – 5:52 pm

A few summers ago Uncle Andy came to visit. Uncle Andy’s daughters are all grown up but he has a wonderful ability to connect with kids of any age. During his visit we decided to take the croquet set over to the local park and play a round or two with our daughter Sophie, who [...]

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summer hand-washing reinvented

May 14, 2010 – 7:00 am

I know that there are really important issues out there facing the world such as wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the economic collapse of Greece, volatility in the stock market and the oil slick the size of Puerto Rico in the Gulf of Mexico that BP can’t seem to stop, but frankly I don’t feel [...]

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the essential handkerchief

February 18, 2010 – 7:43 pm

Until I moved to Japan after college, I had never carried a handkerchief. The handkerchief was a throwback to my grandmother’s generation I thought and was something one waived in the air while waiting for smelling salts before you were about to faint. The hankies I knew were white and lacy. Definitely old fashioned I [...]

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