HOPEFUL IN HARLEM, Misplaced Rainbow

It was raining Thursday night as we ate dinner.  Our table sits right in front of the windows with their view--Harlem, to the north, above 125th Street.  "Look, a rainbow!" Ron exclaimed.

I ran for my digital camera, stuck it out the window, snapped a great image, "Perfect for my blog!"  It was an exclamation point evening, one that spoke to our wish for better news. Sadly, the lovely message would not move from computer file to this page.

Instead, here's an environmental message from Cityworm, my website.  The dark blue object in my hands is WormWare. The world's smallest kitchen composter, I designed it for its portability.  At first, I wanted to learn how small a container would succeed as a home for red wiggler worm compost creation while I was traveling.  Once I'd proved that was doable, it occurred to me here was a "show and tell" object for advocating this excellent way to dispose of garbage:  kitchen composting. 

Lately I've had questions from visitors to my website about knitting red wiggler worms as a teaching device.  In the photo I wear one of my favorites, red and blue wool from Teotitlan, a village of rug weavers outside Oaxaca, Mexico. Our extended visit there is a story that might appear on these pages one day. Its all about the mismatch between expectation and reality and the challenge to be open toward unexpected outcomes.

As Earth Day approaches, it's good to think about the personal habits each of us has for nurturing our space in the world.  Whether its picking up the  newspaper someone dropped on the subway platform or turning off the lights when leaving the apartment, it all counts toward hopefulness in Harlem, New York or Haarlem, the Netherlands.

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[Bethene LeMahieu]

I'm touched, moved and inspired by the creativity you bring to making every day an Earth Day.