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Take your children outside! Here’s why.

Janice Campbell — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:03:03 +0000

Most of my favorite childhood moments took place outside. I remember hours of playing with neighborhood children — skating, riding bikes, playing hopscotch, and acting out stories around my swing set and playhouse. Other happy hours were spent with my grandfather...

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Grow a Sustainable Diet by Cindy Conner, A Review

Janice Campbell — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:50:07 +0000

I’ve been enjoying Cindy Conner’s new book on growing a sustainable diet. She actually makes it sound doable! She begins by identifying why you might want to grow a sustainable diet, then walks through the process of garden planning with...

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Play is a Child’s Work

Janice Campbell — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 15:00:42 +0000

Deep meaning lies often in childish play. -Johann Friedrich von Schiller The outdoors used to be a place where children could run, play, build, create, and do the mildly hazardous things children love to do. I remember walking the 5′...

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Moving Away from an Industrial Economy

Janice Campbell — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:00:07 +0000

Have you ever been inside Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater? This architectural gem offers contrasting spaces that feel spacious yet intimate. Its beauty and fame lies not in the fact that it’s an enormous, costly monstrosity that dominates its site, but...

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Reading “Laddie” (and a Happy Birthday Dinner)

Janice Campbell — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:01:52 +0000

Once things settle down after the June convention and workshops, I always take extra time off for reading and projects. June is birthday month for four of us, so we all feel a bit celebratory. This year, my very sweet...

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