by mary1988 | Aug 15, 2016 | 2016
I did not used to check product labels. Carbohydrates and sodium changed things. So did microbeads. Ingredients, I discovered, could influence my health. And with each passing day, decisions that affect my health matter. So I don’t understand why labels on soaps...
by mary1988 | Aug 3, 2016 | 2016
In my November blog, “The Search for Balance on the Indiana Shore,” I shared with you my admiration for a coalition of federal, state, and local organizations, business and union leaders, scientists, environmental groups, and private residents who are working...
by mary1988 | Jul 4, 2016 | 2016
“I didn’t think you’d be back from jogging this soon,” Rubin says, stepping from the dock to the boat. “I would have cleaned it.” I have heard this line many times before. But his ashen-colored hair is wavy and wild, and his blue eyes are sparkling. A good-natured...
by mary1988 | Jun 9, 2016 | 2016
The joy in rain can be seen splashed across the skies as a rainbow. And yet, at first, all I see is the rain-swollen, mud-colored river winding it’s way to Lake Macatawa after spring’s many downpours. Colored with nutrients, excess sediment, and algae, Lake Macatawa...
by mary1988 | May 20, 2016 | 2016
I find writing to be both a skill and an art, forcing me to dig deep inside myself and marry the voice of my mind with that of my heart. It is scary stuff, difficult, but also rewarding. And while my college backpack was stuffed with books on finance, economics,...
by mary1988 | Apr 14, 2016 | 2016
I am a very late adapter to the smart phone, reluctantly purchasing one last fall after double-booking two critical appointments for the same afternoon. I am now the phone’s biggest fan for all the obvious reasons like taking photographs, texting, managing my...
