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WATWB – GI
WATWB – GI (Green Infrastructure) Do not despair our present difficulties, but believe always in the promise and greatness of America because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history. … Continue reading
Posted in access to water, clean water, environment, environmental conservation, flooding, green infrastructure, sustainable cities
Tagged #WATWB, access to clean water, blog hop, clean water, climate change, Edmonston, environment, environmental conservation, flooding, GI, green infrastructure, Maryland, sustainable cities
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Sponge Cities
[photo credit – The Source magazine – 8.30.2017] Sponge Cities As I made my way into work the other day, an announcement on the radio alerted me to a flood warning that would be in effect until later that … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, green infrastructure, mitigate flood damage, retrofit, sea level rise, sponge cities, sponge city, Uncategorized
Tagged bioswales, bogs, business insider, China, green infrastructure, green initiative, green roofs, hurricane florence, hurricane harvey, Lingang district, marshes, mitigate flood damage, NOAA, permeable pavers, Philadelphia, public health, rainwater re-use, sea level rise, Shanghai, sponge cities, waste water treatment plant, wetlands, WWTP
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The Lee Harper Interview
Lee Harper is a picture book author and illustrator from Doylestown, Pennsylvania best known for his whimsical illustrations for the best-selling Turkey Trouble series and just so happens to be the husband of one of my favorite traveling companions, his … Continue reading
Posted in author interview, back-to-school, blog, book review, books, Children's books, Uncategorized
Tagged author interview, back-to-school, brush with greatness, Children's books, Coyote, David Sedaris, kirkus reviews, Lee Harper, Publishers Weekly, stephen wright, Suzzy Roche, Woolbur, Woolbur Goes to School
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Home Sustainable Home — #WATWB
[p.s. pre-script — apologies to all you #WATWB peeps. I must have checked the Mayan Calendar when I thought this month’s post was on the 24th! If you want to put this aside until the 31st and come back and … Continue reading
A Prompt Prompt Prompted Me Promptly
A Prompt Prompt Prompted Me Promptly I’ve been working on a novel for awhile now and I’m stuck, bored, out-to-lunch, spinning in tight circles, totally ’round the bend, all of the above. It could be that my youngest child leaves … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged art of observation, blog, blogging, college, EGOT, emmy, empty nest, empty nester, freshman, grammy, higher self, It was a dark and stormy night, lackluster, life is challenging, Oil and Water, oscar, out-to-lunch, spinning in tight circles, tony, totally 'round the bend, unconscious, unfettered access, writing, writing challenge, writing prompts
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One Year Later
And now a word from my sister on her life as of late: One Year Later… It has been a little over a year since I married my safari guide husband. We’ve known each other for almost 2 1/2 years, … Continue reading
Casualties of (a trade) War
We live in a time when life has stopped making sense, when world leaders have become interchangeable talking heads, when corruption and greed seem to be getting even the best of us (because they’ve always been getting the worst of … Continue reading
WATWB — Power to the People
It all started with Solar Freakin’ Roadways here in the U.S., a system of replacing asphalt and other impervious surfaces with solar panels. If all the roadways in the U.S. were converted to solar, we’d generate three times as much … Continue reading
Welcome, Grandmother
[photo of my grandmother, my mother and her siblings, circa 1940] Welcome, Grandmother My mother did not have a green thumb. Growing up, we had maybe three houseplants, the one, a Philodendron that hung in the living room, its … Continue reading
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Tagged bee balm, Canada, cleaning, daylily, Dr. Christine Northrup, ficus, genetics, Grandmother, green thumb, growing, immigrants, Italians, matrilineal naming circle, Mother-Daughter Wisdom, norfolk pine, Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird, Philodendron, pruning, Queen's Village, South Philadelphia, The Secret Life of Plants, vegetable gardening, Welcome, women's wisdom
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Plastic Free July
Okay, so I know the month is halfway over, but even a plastic free day is a plus, eh? Have a look at this guest post by my sister, environmentalist, educator extraordinaire, yoga instructor, dog rescuer, and now, advocate … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 10 shocking facts about plastic pollution, 4ocean, declaration of independence, earth day network, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, life, mother earth, plastic free july, plastic free website, plastic pollution coalition, plastics, reducing consumption, single use plastic, surfrider, The Ocean Cleanup
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