So I've been seeing this trend on ground clover being drought resistant, and easy to maintain. When we had a pretty solid drought late last year I lost much of my grass. Instead of planting it, I decided to re-seed it with white clover. Needless to say it's growing within a few days and it looks plush and so green! Clover is not only easy on the watering, the blooms also are great for bees, and they enrich the soil they are in!

I grew up in the Northeast, and what we considered honorable recognition of native and indigenous peoples is everywhere. Grew up on Lake Ronkonkoma, sister lives in Massapequa even now, and our VERY large school district is named Sachem (Merrimac and Seneca for me - go flaming arrows!). I was also an archaeologist in the area for several years before moving away, and have worked on many colonial and pre-colonial sites. Anyway, I think it is important to revisit some of our assumptions - and that's what I did this week. NYS recently passed a law which moves to remove all references that are familiar to me. Rename the district, schools, sports teams, etc. Easy decision in many cases (i.e. redmen), to me not as easy in others (Sachem), but ultimately I think the most important voice MUST be native and indigenous people and regardless of what the intent of some of these names is - it's their decision to make and we should honor that.

we have meatless lasagna, and more recently my wife up-leveled that to use thin sliced zucchini instead of noodles. pretty tasty!

Taking the kids (11/3) out for a walk almost every day is critical for exercise, family time, and appreciation of the outdoors. They also like to go to different places! We've recently discovered a guided Marsh experience nearby, and that didn't compare to a culvert where there are always egrets nearby.

I believe it gives you more understanding of the world your choices are impacting. My spouse and I visited a popular Bird park down here. We saw Cardinals, Great Kiskadees, and tons of other birds like a Scissor Tailed Flycatcher. We also saw waste, caused by humans, in such a beautiful area.

Apple Cranberry Salad w/ Portobello mushrooms. It was pretty good! Forgot to take a picture!