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Erika Howsare

Erika Howsare has been a C-VILLE contributor since 2002. Her first nonfiction book is The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with Our Wild Neighbors (2024), and she hosted a podcast miniseries called “If You See a Deer.” She teaches writing locally.

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Energetic holiday displays

How much power are you willing to use for outdoor lights?

Erika Howsare | December 12, 2011

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Marching onward to goats

Guess who’s coming to dinner?

Erika Howsare | December 8, 2011

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December ABODE breaks the box

A remade cottage, a pan full o’ greens, and why not some easy money while we’re at it?

Erika Howsare | December 6, 2011

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The recycled house now has a kitchen!

Following up on an ABODE story, we peek at the kitchen of a master salvager.

Erika Howsare | December 2, 2011

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What about doing nothing with leaves?

There are options for dealing with fallen leaves. One is to sit on your hands.

Erika Howsare | December 1, 2011

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Uranium mining forces private choices

Should individual people be forced to safeguard the environment, at risk to their own bank accounts?

Erika Howsare | November 28, 2011

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Buy nothing, buy small, or just stay home

Today is the day not to shop. Tomorrow’s the day to shop local.

Erika Howsare | November 25, 2011

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Pumpkin pie orphan

An offer refused–and refused again.

Erika Howsare | November 22, 2011

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Breaking the wools

Shopping for a rug proves an exercise in toxin management.

Erika Howsare | November 21, 2011

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Fall garden, just before winter

Happy plants, busy chooks and gratified gardeners.

Erika Howsare | November 17, 2011

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