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.
How to communicate your eco-preferences to generous family members?
Turns out, breastfeeding isn’t just healthy and convenient; it’s green, too.
It’s silly that I haven’t nixed the junk mail before, so I’m doing it now.
A documentary about photographer Edward Burtynsky, Manufactured Landscapes, left me feeling a little sick.
My fondness for the bulk aisle means my shelves are full of plastic plumes.
Made in Fishersville, the stuff we like is available again at Southern States.
This year, our Christmas tree came from within spitting distance of our house.
An interesting reader comment got me thinking more about our big commercial corridor.