Book Review: A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold

I recently finished reading A Sand County

Almanac: And Sketches Here and There by Aldo Leopold. It’s often considered to be one of the best works of environmental…

My Labor and Delivery: the hopes and the reality

The birth of my daughter didn’t go quite the way I expected, and by that I mean, it didn’t go at ALL like I expected. I had hoped to have a vaginal delivery without the use of painkillers, including an epidural. Since this was my first…

Book Review — Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood

I cannot recommend Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood enough. Sandra Steingraber does a wonderful job of balancing science and prose, a very difficult task especially since she goes into such marvelous…

Using a Book, We Planted a Tree, to Jumpstart a Discussion about Dr. Wangari Maathai and The Green Belt Movement

I really appreciate children’s books that allow for discussion and

The Importance of Starting a College Savings Plan NOW

What a 529 College Savings Plan Is

With the birth of my daughter, I am already thinking eighteen years down the road to when she’ll need to go to college. Unless something drastic changes for my family, we won’t…