Candlestick Point Eco-Stewards
For 20 years now I've been volunteering for groups that do eco-restoration, and lately I've decided to go beyond volunteering and [...]
Home, Sweet Farm Stand
Denver City Council changed zoning so that both homeowners and renters can sell produce and cottage foods from their homes.
Funny Signs, Brighton and Surrey
Funny signs from England.
Terre à Terre: Vegetarian Culinary Art
Beth's lunch at vegetarian restaurant Terre à Terre in Brighton, England, was an artful, if tiring, experience.
Urban Farming at Denver Public Schools
Last Saturday I spent a morning helping Groundwork Denver and Produce Denver prepare two large plots at McGlone Elementary School. [...]
Finding Vivian Maier
Finding Vivian Maier is playing at the Sie Film Center through Thursday, though only at 2 pm. There's a slight [...]
Report Anything Unusual
All the signs about security cameras in the UK make Beth feel unhappy.
Hot Food and Music at Five Points Jazz Fest, 2014
My only complaint about Five Points Jazz Fest is that I can't see all the bands, but I did spend [...]
University of Sussex, Then and Now
Beth goes back to the University of Sussex, where she was an exchange student, after 30 years.
Artists on the Street
Beth wanders The Lanes in Brighton and finds men making art.
Dreams of Horses
Like many young girls, I went through a horsey phase. I read Black Beauty and Misty of Chincoteague and played [...]
National Museum of the American Indian, D.C.
Beth visits the National Museum of the American Indian in DC in 2012.
Go Forth and Forage
No doubt fruit foraging is happening somewhere, somehow in Denver, but I don't know about it. In the meantime, you [...]
Save Money on Food
Potato Pie with Sausage and Cheese? Yes, please! The picture looks yummy, but the best thing about Love Food Hate [...]
Firecracker Oysters
Beth and Todd eat at Mac's on Boston Street the night before his surgery for SCDS.
Christmas in Boulder
Beth gets a gold medal for Christmas.
Eastern Warblers Delight Front-Range Birders
Fall 2013 has been a great year for warblers along the Colorado Front Range, including a very late ovenbird.
“How stupid modern packaging is,” says William McDonough
I read Joel Makower's interview with William McDonough on Green Biz and felt that I had met a kindred spirit—about [...]
Reuse via Peel Away Pots
Don't grow transplants in those cheap plastic pots (the ones that crackle between your fingers with the slightest bit of [...]
Who Dat? Ear. Ear Who?
Todd and Beth return to Louisiana and Dr. Gerard Gianoli for surgery to correct superior semicircular canal dehiscence on Todd's left side.
Whales Eat Plastic Too
Birds eating plastic—that was not news to me. But I hadn't heard about whales unwittingly consuming plastic while feeding, as [...]
Avoiding Plastic a Challenge in Kansas City
Kansas City has been testing my resolve to use less plastic. One night my sister and I went to the [...]
All Roads Lead to Afghanistan
One year ago, Beth ate at Charcoal Kabob in Reston, Virginia, and was reminded of why she wants to go to Afghanistan.
MillerCoors in Golden Reaches Zero Waste
MillerCoors in Golden used to produce 135 tons of trash per month. Now they send none to the landfill. None. [...]
Trash from Colorado’s 2013 Flood
In mid-September, the northern Front Range of Colorado (the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains) received more rain than it [...]