Yes, fresh, young ideas are great. But so are thoughtfully aged ideas. Maybe they’re ideas that someone has been working on, slowly and carefully, for years, even decades. When we want only the shiny new baubles, we miss out on the brilliant antique gemstones that are just as valuable, if not more. Besides, when you peak too early, there’s nowhere to go. Perhaps it’s better to let yourself move gradually through the world, picking up friends and memories and knowledge along the way.-Doree Shafrir
Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each of these pieces represents something…
I appreciated the comment from one of my favorite bloggers, Chatting with San. It reminded me that I never told you about my pantry box, or better yet described what the hell a pantry box is, or why one should sign up for one. If you love the farmer’s market and miss it as much as I do, you need a pantry box.
Since many local farmer’s markets now have strict restrictions like reserved time slots, no sampling, no lingering to talk to farmers, and the worst- farmers must pick your bounty. I understand safety, but this all took the fun out of the farmer’s market. I figured if these were now the rules, I would looked for an alternative method to get fresh produce delivered straight to my door. I investigated traditional CSAs (community supported agriculture) as they are excellent ways to revitalize your meals at home, up your vegetable intake, learn about new types of produce, and support local farms. The issue is many required a six-month weekly subscription or do not deliver. Those were deal breakers for me.
Upon further research, I landed on Kinfood. While not a traditional CSA, they won me over as they are a women-owned business working with local farmers and producers to offer a curated produce and artisan products box each week. What makes them nontraditional is one does not need to become a subscriber, they deliver, and they alert you a week in advance about what would be in your box. Their star quality is the idea of the pantry box web store which includes items like sourdough bread, natural wine, pasture raised eggs, flour, granola, and Tahini (all of which I tried and are delicious), and much more. Each box is curated with a little booklet describing the vegetables, recipes, and the farmers and their beautiful seasonal bounty. I have ordered several boxes since April and none of them have disappointed me. Each bax has been full of fresh fruits, vegetables, and artisan products. Albeit if Kinfood had a downside, it would be they only deliver locally, and it could be argued they are pricey, but I have justified that by knowing I am supporting local farmers and eating locally. Do you belong to a CSA or pantry box? Tell me all about it.
Get the busywork out of the way. Choose one night a week to put on a podcast and take care of boring task that’ll speed up future dinners. Peel garlic and shallots, clean and cut greens, break down hefty items like winter squash and cabbage, pluck parsley and cilantro, or make a versatile sauce. You will thank yourself come Thursday.
“It feels like you’re an after thought or you weren’t thought about at all.”
In addition to custody concerns, disabled parents also face access barriers in society as a whole. School events, transportation, stores and community centers often aren’t accessible to people with disabilities. Issues include events without an American Sign Language interpreter, movies that don’t offer closed captioning, sidewalks without curb cuts, public transportation without wheelchair lifts or elevators and restaurants and facilities with stairs instead of ramps, among many others.
Advocacy groups and resources that can help lighten the load
Parental Rights Foundation: Educates the public on and advocates for the rights of families and parents.
Dreamscape Foundation: Aims to make schools, workplaces and the community more accessible and highlights resources that can help people live and work more independently.
Through the Looking Glass: Identifies research and resources for families in which a parent, a child or another family member lives with a disability.
“We at [Brand] are committed to fighting injustice by posting images to Twitter that express our commitment to fighting injustice. To that end, we offer this solemn white-on-black .jpeg that expresses vague solidarity with the Black community, but will quietly elide the specifics of what is wrong, what needs to change, or in what ways we will do anything about it…We hope this action encourages you to view [Brand] positively without, you know, expecting anything from us.”
Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each of these pieces represents something…
