Our weekly share of produce from Green Earth Institute farm. From the right: winter onions, salad turnips, spinach, snap peas, lettuce, tatsoi (an Asian green), and… a beagle. Green Earth Institute is just four miles from our house, in Naperville. It’s a 60-acre organic farm, complete with beautiful old stone farmhouse, and an island surrounded […]
Archives for June 2013
Book Event Hijinks with Marianne Elliott 
June 19, 2013 by
1. Only four of us showed up last night. And one was a rep from the publisher. This must get disappointing for authors. I went with Ruan, a friend and parishioner, who is also a writer and poet (her chapbook: “thought-fish“). We went to go hear Marianne Elliott, yoga teacher, human rights lawyer, and writer […]
Why I Can’t Bring Myself to Wear My Collar Into Target 
June 12, 2013 by
This morning, I wrinkled my brow in the driver’s seat of my car, considered my options, and took off my clergy collar before walking into Target. I don’t wear a collar every day, but when I do, this is often a choice I have to make. Pumping gas, going into restaurants and stores, walking across […]
