25 Million Tons of Unnecessary Trash
As a child I was never traumatized during the holidays, and no one ever drank any alcohol, there were no fights, no meltdowns, no issues - only low key normal celebrations - little, if any, stress and my own mother supervised the proceedings beautifully, never to any excess.

The 13th Load
Fabian and Mayra were not my helpers today, as usual my picture has little to do with my post. I didn't argue with either Sarah or Preston 'bout how I'd have done a garden. Well I maybe might've said a little and I just dumped the manure and moved on to Grandma's

After Thanksgiving - Zero Leftovers Involved
Only on our planet do I see more kids the next day than on Thanksgiving Day, as Sergi and Edgar both showed up out of the blue. It was wonderful to see Sergi since he's been navigating his own issues on his own, preferring to be a loner, but surprising me with his many succes

Buy Nothing Day
From Adbusters:Take the Plunge:You know what they say: a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. You feel that things are falling apart – the temperature rising, the oceans churning, the global econo

An Illustrated Thanksgiving
Martin, Gina, Daniel & Dubs