Organically Inclined

An oldie, but a goodie - I wrote this for my newspaper column in Green Bay way back when…thought you might like it:
Zen and the Art of Clutter:
Learning to let go of perfection as a goal…
“Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.”
-Alice [...]

I try and stay “green” by doing most of media reading on the computer, but there is just something about a newspaper. I like to lay it out in front of me on the couch on a Sunday morning. I like to do the crossword and the jumble. I like to clip my kids’ pictures [...]

…clean your woodwork with them! A little lemon juice squeezed on a cloth will not only clean wood without hurting it, but brighten it.
…clean your copper. Anything copper will come back to life with a paste of lemon juice and salt. Rinse and dry when done.
…clean your counters. One cup of lemon juice to two [...]