Poetry Friday: On Being a Helper
Late this morning, I retreated. I retreated to the lower floor of our house. I dragged a chair, one of those lightweight IKEA Poem Chairs that we’ve had since our…
Tag: Volunteering
Art Galleries
The trouble with having jewelry creations in another state is that I either have to drive there to re-stock or mail a package containing new pieces. Over the years I’ve…
Committee Work
I am no stranger to committee work. When we moved to Wisconsin, over twenty years ago now, I immersed myself in our local school system. I had a boy entering…
An Environmental Editorial Based on a Transformative Experience
We moved to the Midwest in 1999 from Western New York. The topography here is much the same as it was there. However, looking back I believe I had was…
Learning to Serve
Now that school is underway, students seem busier than ever. My youngest is an example. He has a full course load including AP classes, plays a varsity sport, and has…
End Season Monarch Update
Yesterday, my husband found a Monarch butterfly flailing around on the rain soaked cement of our driveway. It was a cool, wet morning with a temperature in the mid-50’s. After…
My Thoughts on Community Gardening During the Summer: Take Two
Due to being short on time again today, I am reposting a blog piece I had written and put on the Evergreen Garden club at the end of August in…
Reaching out – Out Reach: The Last Two Weeks.
It is the height of the monarch migration season. By all reports, it has been a great year to be involved in the conservation of this species. Summer numbers are…
