Back Porch View Magazine, Spring 2012 Issue
by Catherine Haug, March 2, 2012 The new quarterly issue of the local Back Porch View Magazine just came out, and is worth a look. And not just because I have a story published in it (The Great...
View ArticleEvent Summary: ESP at 2012 Preparedness Fair
by Catherine Haug, May 12, 2012 Bigfork Emergency Response Team (BERT) hosted the first Bigfork Preparedness Fair on May 5, 2012. Although the weather was wet, windy and cold, the fair had an excellent...
View ArticleKitchen Hint: Natural fabric softener
by Catherine Haug, January 6, 2013 To see all kitchen hints on this site, see: Kitchen Hints. If you’d like to submit a kitchen hint, send it to me and I’ll publish it. Note that if you don’t want your...
View ArticleLooking for repurposing inspiration?
by Catherine Haug, January 7, 2012 In researching additional info for yesterday’s Kitchen Hint, I stumbled across a blog with lots of great ideas and information on repurposing – using/reusing an old...
View ArticleGathering Summary: Furniture & Art from Found Materials, by Sean Guerrero,...
by Catherine Haug, November 6, 2012 [Cat’s note, 1/27/13: I just realized I’d not published this summary; my apologies!] The Daily InterLake had a good article about our presenter, Sean Guerrero, in...
View ArticleBreaking our addiction to plastic everything
by Catherine Haug, February 9, 2013 Ever since I learned how to make plastic in college organic chemistry class; ever since Dustin Hoffman’s Benjamin was advised , “One word:…Plastics” in The Graduate,...
View Article“Trashed”– 20 minute documentary about trash
by Catherine Haug, March 24, 2013 Dedicate 20 minutes of your valuable time to watch this documentary with your family. I know I’m ‘preaching to the choir,’ as our ESP community is very aware of the...
View ArticleDeconstruction: reuse / repurpose building materials
by Catherine Haug, April 27, 2013 (Photo, right, of original structure on Cat’s property) Deconstruction to reuse or repurpose building materials has long been an interest of mine. My childhood home –...
View ArticleThe problem of plastics pollution
By Catherine Haug, Jan 18, 2014 (photo of plastic pop bottles, right, from npr.org (3)) This month (Jan 30, 2014), Citizens for a Better Flathead and Waste Not Project are hosting a movie night/panel...
View ArticleClever ideas for gardening and repurposing
By Catherine Haug, Feb 3, 2018; image right, from Gardening Hacks article (1) I happened upon an interesting blog article: 19 Gardening Hacks to Become a Pro Gardener (1). Several of the hacks involve...
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