Fifty ways to wear a men’s dress shirt: Day one

Leo graduated from elementary last Friday and after a busy end of school year, we flew off to France for our annual trip. Once again, we have rented our house to fund the flights and accommodation. We arrived last night just in time for Scott to watch France in the Euro Championship - but too bad he did not miss it... France lost, and Scott went to bed disappointed.Leo's dollar bill origami:diamond (dime-in) ringWe took a taxi to get to my brother’s home, located a few minutes outside of Paris. Our taxi driver was amazed at how little baggage we had (he probably wished...

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Repairing

Still working on my book full time... please forgive my long absences and short blog post! I have a fun project starting in a couple of weeks, but until then...I wanted to share my last repair with you. No matter how much we (first) Refuse, and (second) Reduce, we constantly face the results of today's poor designs and manufacturing. Repairing has been an important element of our Zero Waste lifestyle, since it represents one the many facets of REUSE. But I am so proud of my most recent achievement!Leo fell in love with a seconhand jacket but the cuffs were worn: I...

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