Once upon a time I was quite green. I collected reusable bags of all shapes and sizes. I had heavy duty plastic bags, insulated bags, mesh bags, and more. You name the reusable bag and I had it. I carried them everywhere. Plastic bags no longer graced our recycling bin. About a year ago, my collection [...]
I love bunnies. At this late point in my life, I have either forgotten or misplaced in my brain, why the Easter Bunny has its place during our Easter Celebrations. I recall that they are cute, a representation of life’s renewal process, fresh starts, and, well, bunnies hop – maybe somehow relating to how we [...]
Every year, for four days in February, the National Audubon Society and The Cornell Lab of Ornithology sponsor the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). The project engages citizen scientists in taking a “snapshot” of birds across the continent. This year’s GBBC will be held February 18-21 and everyone is welcome to participate. The program has [...]
This past weekend, we had plans with friends to take our respective families to an apple orchard for a fun fall trip. We’d go pick some apples, hang out in the pumpkin patch, maybe explore a corn maze – and definitely eat some apple cider donuts. It’s the middle of October, so we were prepared [...]
Like nearly everyone I know, I’m trying to be more green at my house. But like a toddler taking his first wobbly steps, my results are usually far from perfect and further from pretty. Bags of outgrown clothes, toys, kitchenware and books are now usually piled in the basement or by the front door, waiting [...]
We are officially in the dog days of summer, and oh my gawd do I feel like a sweaty dog lately, not like the pretty constellations they are named after. It’s been a sultry, steamy, crazy-hot summer here in Chicago. But do you know who’s been the dampest of them all? My poor, sweet baby. [...]
It’s easy to be a naysayer and a critic, especially when it comes to the Federal Government. Heaven knows, our elected and appointed officials give us lots of fodder. But after our recent road trip, I’ve been converted from a basher to a booster. In just under three weeks, we visited five National Parks, at [...]
Many of us living in Chicagoland our entire lives have, at one time or another, been victim to flooding. Chicago is surrounded by water. Chicago was carved from swamp land. Chicago is a major water-way. Chicago is a low level city. I have been dealing with flooding since I was born. Growing up on the [...]
Last year the Chicago Tribune published an interesting article on alley scavengers, mainly the scrap metal collectors who comb the alleys in Chicago and the surrounding area for old bicycles, appliances and anything else with a bit of scrap metal that might be turned into cash. I don’t know how it works in other regions, [...]
I spent four hot, humid hours at the Pitchfork Music Festival on Friday with my two children, 5 and nearly 3. Going to concerts–especially summer music festivals–was a huge part of my teenage and young adult life, and I knew, even as a 16 year old indie rock girl, that I’d be one of the [...]
Before I found out that IDOT was on strike, my question for the city was, “Can you please tell me why you keep ripping up the streets of Chicago and then letting them sit for months before repaving them??” I just don’t get it. Wouldn’t it make more sense to tear them up when you [...]
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