Friday, August 15th, 2008

New Life for Old Furniture

You’ve heard me wax poetic about how fulfilling it is to get rid of home furnishings and other belongings via Craigslist and Freecycle. Well in today’s Philadelphia Inquirer, I’m quoted in an article about giving new life for old furniture–i.e. shopping via consignment shops, yards sales and the like to furnish a home. I think [...]

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Friday, August 15th, 2008

Recycling Hair for a Good Cause

The first time I’d ever heard about Locks of Love was when I was chaperoning my (then) kindergarten daughter’s field trip and noticed a classmate had cut her hair short. This girl had long, gorgeous blond hair, and I know that no little girl chooses to have her hair cut–well, at least not for a [...]

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Filed under Beautiful Lengths, Locks of Love, Matter of Trust, compost, hair donation, hair recycling