Sustainability Journal
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Fun things to do with fall leaves
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
Let’s make sustainable crafts with some readily-available nature bits - like fall leaves! They’re so beautiful, and part of what makes them so - outside of the fact that each one is unique like a snowflake and the colors are...
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Pure Creative Flow: Q+A with Elyse Rainbolt
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
Feminine groove. Exquisite tastes. Rainbow explosions. Pure creative flow. All of these things pour from the screen while FaceTiming with Elyse Rainbolt - even when the connection from her remote Pennsylvania flower farm is too dodgy for you to see...
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Fall Events in Napa
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
Napa is such a delightful place to live for approximately 7,498 reasons, and one of them is that there are always fun, seasonal activities put on by the community for the community. And there are so many local events to...
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Fall Movies that Inspire
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
I’m inspired by fall and I’m inspired by films - so I put together some inspiring fall films to share. Each of these works may not relate to fall in a direct way, but they’re certainly all connected to its...
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A Pile of Leaves on Fire
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
Fall is highly symbolic, I think. And also highly charged in a human behavior sort of way. For me, fall is a mixed bag of colorful, rotting leaves. And maybe the pile of leaves is on fire. It seems highly...
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A Small History: Lawns
By Brooke Hamilton-Benjestorf
When I was a kid I didn’t know there were yards without lawns. Everyone had a lawn where I grew up, to the point where the word yard is nearly synonymous with the word lawn in my early years. And...