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.
A mess of beans, a mess in the freezer
Clearing out the freezer can mean soul-searching. Meanwhile, the beans are burgeoning.
July 2011: Adapting to change
For most of us, the car is essentially our second home. We spend time in it every day. We keep our stuff in it, carry keys to unlock it and log countless hours looking at the world through its windows. But that’s only because of where our first home is located in relation to work, […]
Can we safely freeze food in plastic bags?
With the garden about to burst, I’m eyeing up the freezer bags and hoping they’re safe.
What to do with wineberries?
There’s jam, there’s cereal toppers–but does the wineberry want to be inside a muffin?
Which businesses should go green?
As the Better Business Challenge kicks off, where do you see waste in the local biz sector?