Boston Globe writer Terry Byrne profiled the BPL’s Playwright In Residence program on Sunday, June 18.
It gives a great context to this year-long project and includes conversations with me and Michael Colford, BPL’s Director of Library services. Also featured: awkward photos! (Personally, I was hoping for an action shot of us submerged in the fountain of the BPL’s gorgeous courtyard.) I cannot put into words what an honor it is to be given such an opportunity. To have two great organizations put so much faith in a writer is huge, and I’m so excited to have this opportunity. I’ve wanted to work with Fresh Ink and Jessie Baxter for a long time, so this is just a real treat all around. Thanks, Universe! To see pics of Sargent’s “Triumph of Religion” mural (mentioned in the profile) click here! To check out the Library’s “Regions and Seasons” map exhibition, click here!
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More and more business are going Green in different ways.
REFORMATION is an LA based clothing company dedicated to sustainable fabrics and manufacture. (Their clothes are also super cute). But what brings me here today is their customer education side. In addition to their clothes, they offer advice on better practices for laundering and caring for ALL of your clothes. I highly recommend their Wash Smart page, which offers useful tips on how to keep your clothes clean and fine while lowering your carbon footprint. (JJK User tip: the Jeans-in-the-Freezer trick also works for old shoes: wrap those baddies in a plastic bag and freeze them overnight to kill bacteria and odors). #JoinTheReformation To wash and dry smarter and greener, turn to page 72.
Last week our new EcoTerra Mattress and Brayden Studio bed frame arrived.
Here’s the bedframe, assembled.
And here’s the mattress roll out…
So smooth! Like a Butterfly!
After one week, Lovah says “I sleep like I’ve got a whole bed to myself!” Stay tuned for her full report… One great reason for EcoTerra mattresses: 90 Day trial with Free Return! Buying a mattress online can be iffy, but knowing we can send it back if it doesn’t work for us is great. (Check out Part I for “why we bought an EcoTerra”) BUT JOHN: How Do you get Rid of your OLD Mattress in a Responsible Way? Throwing out a mattress is a HUGE WASTE. It takes up valuable landfill space, when much of the materials can be reused (not to mention the need of good mattresses in so many shelters locally). The State of MA has some great options to suggest for mattress recycling. We went with Mattress Disposal Plus, who picks up your furniture and recycles it and/or donates locally. (There are many donation centers in MA, but getting a mattress there with no car is tricky!). MDP was affordable ($190 to take our box spring, mattress, and old bed frame) and incredibly easy: quick application online, and they picked it up the next morning. The staff were incredibly fast and friendly – arrived on time and were done with our things within 3 minutes. LIKE I BUTTERFLY, I TELL YOU! To keep contributing to landfill waste despite your knowledge of its horrors, turn to page 17. To join the ranks of those building a new exciting green economy, turn to page 33. |