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Elizabeth in Fort Rock Cave, southern Oregon

Rocks I Have Loved: Two Photos for Earth Day

By Elizabeth Enslin on April 22, 2010

I’ve been going through old photos to pick out some that might be appropriate for an album (or maybe a series of blog posts), tentatively entitled, “Rocks I Have Loved.” It struck me this morning how well that metaphor suits Earth Day….

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Ancient Lessons in Food Storage

Ancient Lessons in Food Storage

By Elizabeth Enslin on October 31, 2009

One of the things I loved best about teaching high school social studies was shaking up students’ perceptions of history. And one of my favorite lessons was in Ancient History. I’d bring in a a jar of beans and a potato with so many sprouts it looked like an octopus (the fact that I always found one in my cupboard could have doubled as a cautionary lesson in the domestic arts)….

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