Who doesn’t love a good portmanteau? These clever made-up words, aka frankenwords, are created by blending words. Brunch (breakfast + lunch), motel (motor + hotel) and smog (smoke…
Turning a discarded T-shirt into a tote bag isn’t a new idea but it’s a good one. It’s a great way to repurpose an unwanted garment into something…
A recent closet cleanup resulted in a pile of T-shirts we no longer wear. That pile triggered some rather startling findings as well as a new Earth-friendly maker…
It’s early morning as I sit down to write this week’s blog post. The winter sun is rising in a splendid display of orange and yellow over Lake…
In August 1926, Olive D. Campbell, co-founder of the John C Campbell Folk School, wrote “If you could see our neighbors busily at work about the place, you…