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Green Burial

SAND & PINE

Traditional forms of burial have been predominant for too long. There are alternatives now that maintain the spiritual sanctity of death with a more natural outcome.

For a Better Future

At the Table

S&P chats with the executive director of Sustainable Sandhills Jonelle Kimbrough on her efforts to make our area clean and secure for generations to come.

Mussels are one of the most sustainable food sources on Earth, making them the perfect environmentally conscious source of animal protein we can consume.

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Greg Girard, Amanda Jakl

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Storysmith

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On the Cover Away, away, from men and towns, To the wild wood and the downs, To the silent wilderness, Where the soul need not repress its music. – Percy Bysshe Shelley

Word Geek

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Contributing Scribblers

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Cocktail Conservancy

“A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore,” said Yogi Berra. How true! Introducing our new column all about money and finances.

Who knew you could save the planet while drinking your favorite cocktail? Well, maybe not save the planet, but we can at least not add to its misery.

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Garden Variety

Beer Matters

Shop Local

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Parenting in the Pines

On the Fly 40 Dropping In

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Last Word

editor note

by Greg Girard

Mussels are one of those foods you either love or hate.

sorted by size and placed in “socks” of thick cotton or mesh, tied to a long line and placed back in the water. As the mussels grow, they slowly move outside the sock, feeding off the microorganisms in the water. They’re then harvested, usually They fall into that polarized category along after two years, when they reach suitable size, about two with cauliflower, Hillary inches in length. Farming mussels with this method produces a clean, unmuddied flavor without any of the sea floor grit. Clinton and Manchester United. For me, a summer isn’t There are other forms of mussel farming. In France, for complete without at least one batch of beer-steamed mussels instance, they drill poles deep into the muddy shoreline. For dipped in cocktail sauce with a Pacífico to wash it down. That larvae collection, a coconut fiber rope is wrapped in a spiral defines a summer well spent. around the post and a netting material is added to prevent Regardless of your tastebuds’ feelings for the ubiquitous them from falling off. When they are ready for harvest, bivalve, the farming of mussels, called aquaculture, is fascinating. All you really need is a pair of tube socks and some machines are used that surround the pole and scrape them off. Mussel farming is one of the most sustainable forms of water. farming in the world. In addition, mussels are natural filters, Well, maybe not tube socks circa 1970, but similar. In the cleaning the water around them as they eat and grow. In spring, mussels spawn, releasing their eggs. Aquaculturalists North America, 80 percent of mussels are produced off Prince anchor frayed strips of rope to the sea floor, which collects the billions of mussels seeds. (This method dates back nearly 1,000 Edward Island in Canada. If you’ve never tried mussels, give it a shot this year. Even if years to the coastline of France in the 11th century.) you end up hating them, you can at least amaze your dinner After attaching to the rope, the mussel larvae form a hard shell and mature into something called mussel spat. By the fall, mates with the story of how the mussels got to the table. when the spat have grown to around an inch long, they are www.SandandPineMag.com | 5

QUICKSAND BY THE NUMBERS » SOLAR POWER

1839

The year AlexandreEdmond Becquerel discovered the ability to create an electrical current from the sun’s rays, a process called photovoltaic effect. More than a century later, in 1941, the first solar panel was invented with the first commercial solar panel produced by Bell Laboratories in 1954. Of course, the sun has been used for energy centuries prior with humans using a magnifying glass to start fire as far back as the 7th century B.C.

The percentage in cost solar panels have dropped since 2008. Since 2019, solar energy is considered the cheapest source of energy in the world. China is the world leader in solar energy generation. The U.S. is third, with California generating the most solar energy in the country. The largest solar farm in the world is in India, spanning more than 11,100 acres.

Number of miles logged by the oldest manmade satellite in orbit. The Vanguard 1 was launched in 1958 and is powered by solar cells.

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Number of solar panels in use around the world today. In the U.S., there are more than 3 million solar panels in use (and growing). Solar energy provides about 3 percent of U.S. electricity generation and there are enough installed solar panels in the country to power 18 million homes.

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Number of terawatts of energy that hits the earth's surface each day from the sun. The sun provides more energy in one hour than the whole world uses in a year.

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Tons of carbon dioxide U.S. solar power generation offsets in a year, the equivalent of 131 million acres of forest.

The level of pollution solar energy emits. Apart from the pollution produced to manufacture the solar panels and transport them, solar power is one of the cleanest and most sustainable sources of energy on Earth.

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Everything Everywhere The title of this podcast is a bit self-explanatory. A true potpourri of podcasts that cover everything from history to science to geography, all in a bite-size listening experience that you’ll finish feeling just a little bit smarter. If you have 10 minutes to kill, check it out.

ROAD TRIP! Road trip! Beyond the boundaries of our little sandbox, there is much to see. Here are a few events worth checking out. For events with a more local flavor, check out moorechoices.net. And check with locales before heading out! APRIL 6–10 North Carolina Azalea Festival Wilmington | ncazaleafestival.org Seventy-four years and still going strong. The first festival attracted 60,000 visitors and the event just kept growing from there. Live music, the Queen Azalea pageant, youth art show, food, spring weather … no need to say more. MAY 7–8 Hippie Fest Salisbury | hippiefest.org We can all dig this. For the true hippies and hippies at heart, this festival is for the whole family. Enjoy live music, vintage car show, bubble garden and a DIY tie-dye station (of course). It’s groovy, baby! MAY 29 Coca Cola 600 Charlotte | charlottemotorspeedway.com Did you know the Charlotte Motor Speedway’s track is 1.5 miles long and the Speedway has the capacity for 95,000 spectators. It’s the 63rd year of NASCAR’s toughest test of man and machine. Go for the race or the people watching. Either way, what a show!

QUOTES “One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.”

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TO YOUR HEALTH

Health Tips Sweet Tooth Cut the sugar, stat! We all know too much sugar isn’t good for us, but did you know that sugar is a immunosuppressant, meaning it can temporarily weaken your natural immune system. Too much sugar can increase risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Recent studies show

that as little as 75 grams of sugar can cause a weakening. That’s just 2 sodas! Instead, fill up your favorite reusable water bottle (glass is our favorite) with water, unsweetened tea, black coffee or sparkling water. Aim for less than 25 grams of sugar per day. We know you can do it! No Meat for You Make it meatless all week long! Reducing the amount of animal protein in our diet is good for our waistline AND the environment. Raising animals takes a LOT of land, water, and time—almost

70 percent of agricultural land is used for the care of animals. Enjoy a steak on Friday (or whatever day feels meaty) and use tofu, tempeh, legumes, beans, whole grains, nuts, and seeds for the rest of the week. Your arteries will thank you.

Tips on living a more sustainable life

Beware of Your Wardrobe Let’s file this under things we never thought we’d have to worry about: Your clothing could be harming your health. Your skin is your body’s largest organ and what you put on it can affect your

well-being. We’re not talking sunscreen or deodorants, although you should already be aware of those. Certain fabrics containing high levels of toxic phthalates can possibly lead to allergies, fertility issues and cancer, among other terrible side effects. So should we just be naked, then? No, shop eco-friendly and organic lines. If that’s not possible, soak new clothes in a baking soda bath for a day, then launder as usual. For any older clothes, use a fragrance-free detergent and skip the fabric softener and dryer sheets.

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The average American receives 41 pounds of junk mail every year, and half of that ends up in the landfill rather than the recycling bin. One hundred million trees are destroyed and 28 billion gallons of water are used to make junk mail each year. And, annually, producing junk mail creates more greenhouse gas emissions than nine million cars. This year, aim to reduce that number by half. Opt out of junk mail lists, catalogs and credit card offers (optOutPrescreen. com, catalogchoice.org and dmachoice.org are good places to start). Reducing junk mail isn’t just good for the environment, it’s good for you too. Junk mail wastes your time, threatens your privacy, increases chances of scams and hides your real mail.

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Good Reads by Darcy Connor

Preschool/Toddler EIEIO: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm (with a Little Help From a Hen) Written by Judy Sierra Illustrated by Matthew Myers

Old MacDonald had a yard … wait, what? Yes, that’s true, at least according to author Judy Sierra. Before it was a farm, it was a yard he didn’t want to mow, even though he hoped for something better. So one day, with the help of Little Red Hen, an environmentally conscious fowl, Old Mac began to transform his backyard. All it took was some mud, garbage, horse poop and worms. Pretty soon Mac’s yard was an oasis of ecology with raised-bed gardens, flowers and more.

Picture Book

Our Planet! There’s No Place Like Earth Written by Stacy McAnulty Illustrated by David Litchfield

As part of the Our Universe series, author Stacy McAnulty, who lives in Kernersville, writes Our Planet! There’s No Place Like Earth as a “celestial autobiography” bursting with interesting facts. “Hi! I’m Earth. Also known as Planet Awesome. Also known as your awesome home,” the story begins. Combining humor and wisdom, this picture book offers a sweet but important lesson on why our planet is so special, and the significance of caring for it.

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Middle School

Strange Birds: A Field Guide to Ruffling Feathers By Celia C. Pérez

Upper Elementary School Me and Marvin Gardens Written by Amy Sarig King

Protagonist 11-year-old Obe Devlin is not having the best of times. He lives in an old house near a new development that was built on land his family used to own. He’s made it a mission to pick up litter, but with all the new homes and people, littering just keeps getting worse. His best friend has abandoned him and he keeps getting nosebleeds. To escape, Obe heads down to the creek near his home and one day he comes across a strange animal who seems to only be eating plastic. The animal, which Obe eventually befriends and names Marvin Gardens, is one of a kind, and Obe is intent on keeping him safe no matter what. When the community finds out about Marvin Gardens, Obe must make a decision that will affect everyone.

Four girls—aspiring journalist Ofelia Castillo, birdwatcher Cat Garcia, foodie Aster Douglas and artist Lane DiSanti—join forces one summer in Florida after Lane invites the others to fight social injustice. Their mission: Get the Floras, the local Scouts, to stop using an old hat made from bird feathers. Using teamwork and courage, the young girl activists are intent on raising awareness of animal rights and changing their community for the better. But will it be too daunting of a task, even for these capable girls?

Adult Flight Behavior By Barbara Kingsolver

As only Barbara Kingsolver can, weaving social justice lessons within a fictional world, Flight Behavior introduces us to the life of Dellarobia Turnbow—a 28-year-old woman living with her husband’s antagonistic family on a farm in Tennessee—and shows how fate can take a turn when she discovers that 15 million monarch butterflies have landed on her family’s property. The butterflies have veered off course from their traditional wintering home in Mexico because of pollution and climate change, and it’s unknown whether they can survive the winter. Dellarobia must face what life could have been and what could still be, as Kingsolver weaves a story of social injustice, individual choice, environmental abuse and the hypocrisy of information we are fed each day.

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Green

Sustainable Options

by Robert Nason

t’s not the easiest conversation to have with your loved ones. For the majority, the topic of death, funerals and burials is best left unsaid. Death, of course, is the unavoidable fate for us all; the only question is when. And inevitably, whether it’s you or your family, what to do with your body is a question that has to be answered. Do you want to be buried in the local cemetery? Cremated with your ashes scattered at your favorite place? Do you want your coffin made of mahogany or cherry? Will it have silk lining and feather pillows? Tradition, both religious and cultural, has guided our thoughts about post-death for centuries. Buddhists, for instance, don’t have a universal death rite but one of their more interesting versions is called the Tibetan Sky Burial, where they stake the body on a mountain to be eaten by vultures and other scavenging animals. If the body is

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Burial After Death

eaten quickly, it is a sign the person was spiritually worthy to enter the afterlife. Today, cremation, burial and water burial are all common practices in Buddhism. Christians both cremate and bury their dead. For centuries, Roman Catholics were not allowed cremation because of the belief in the resurrection of the body, but in 1963 the Church removed the ban if the person’s choice of cremation did not reflect their lack of belief in physical resurrection. Then in 2016, the Church banned Catholics from scattering remains, requiring followers to keep the remains in a sacred space, such as a columbarium. Indeed, resurrection is the main reason many other religions consider burial the only option, including Judaism and Islam. In 2020, the National Funeral Directors Association reported that 57.5 percent of death rites were cremations versus 36.6 www.SandandPineMag.com | 13

Green Burial percent burial. The average funeral cost of a traditional burial today is nearly $8,000 while a cremation funeral averages just under $7,000. But are modern death rituals the best option for our dead? Can we keep to religious traditions and offer more sustainable methods of honoring the body? Options that respect the person’s religious rites while also helping the environment. What if bucking tradition actually provides a deeper spiritual and environmentally conscious choice for your death? Green burial has gained traction over the past several years, particularly in response to climate change and the exorbitant cost of funerals. The Green Burial Project, a nonprofit based in North Carolina developed to educate the public about the benefits of green (or natural) burial, says the three core tenets of green burial are no embalming, no burial vaults or grave liners, and no impervious containers. “Green burial is generally less expensive and less toxic to the environment. It also permits a more personal and natural relationship between the living and the dead, between our bodies and the land at a time of shock, grief and confusion,” says Anne Weston, founder of the nonprofit. “Green burial might not be the best choice for every family but unless you know what your choices are you can’t really say.” It’s best to understand traditional burial practices by addressing the three tenets

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Green burial is generally less expensive and less toxic to the environment. It also permits a more personal and natural relationship between the living and the dead, between our bodies and the land at a time of shock, grief and confusion.

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from the Green Burial Project. The Egyptians were the first to embalm their dead using natural methods, including wrapping, dehydration and immersion in a sodium salt bath. Today, the accepted embalming method is using formaldehyde, an industrial disinfectant that preserves the body for funeral rites and wakes. On average, around 800,000 gallons of formaldehyde is buried each year in the U.S. from the practice of embalming. Formaldehyde is toxic and can leak vapors into the air that can cause leukemia and brain cancer (morticians have a higher rate of these cancers due to their occupational exposure to formaldehyde). Formaldehyde can also leach into the ground from buried bodies, contaminating water and destroying the soil. There is no specific reason formaldehyde is used other than its effectiveness at body preservation after death. As one funeral home noted on their website, embalming is for cosmetic reasons only so the body looks life-like during

viewing. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), no state law exists that requires embalming, and refrigeration is the encouraged method of preservation prior to burial. Vaults or liners are sealed receptacles that are used to house the casket in the ground. Some cemeteries require them, and costs can be as high as $4,000. They can be made with metal or concrete, are expensive and offer no practical purpose for burial. Green Burial Project notes that American cemeteries bury up to 1.6 million tons of concrete each year building vaults and liners, and often it is only to the benefit of cemeteries to reduce maintenance costs. Again, the FTC reports that state laws do not require vaults or liners to be built. Coffin options can be endless and expensive, and many choices are impervious containers like metal or unstainable woods that either never biodegrade or take decades to decompose. Green Burial Project notes that about 30 million board feet of wood is buried each year for coffins. Add

to that the upgrades offered with coffins, from plush silk bedding to storage drawers, and the cost can rise precipitously. “Why does a dead person need a mattress? What would you put in a storage drawer that you couldn’t put in the deceased person’s hand or tuck in the side of the box?” asks Weston. “What does it say about our values to be buried in finer furniture than we ever owned in our lives? And what do these boxes mean for our return to the earth? In most cases, even without a burial vault or liner, the molecules that used to be humans remain separated from the cycle of life for as long as the box remains intact. If you have a dust to dust view of the human body, you might need a better way.” The Green Burial Council (not to be confused with the local Green Burial Project), which works to “ensure universal access to information and environmentally sustainable death care,” defines green burial as “a way of caring for the dead with minimal environmental impact. This aids in the conservation of natural resources, the reduction of carbon emissions, the protection of worker health, and the restoration and/or preservation of habitat.” For those who want a green burial in a traditional setting, the process is simple. Find a certified green cemetery, one that is dedicated to following conservation best practices. There are about 10 green burial grounds in North Carolina. “There are three general

classifications,” explains Weston. “A hybrid cemetery is a cemetery that has green burials and conventional in the same cemetery. And most often these are cemeteries that have changed their bylaws, missions, regulations in the last few years to accommodate people who are asking for green. “Then there are what are called ‘natural cemeteries’ where the entire property is a green cemetery and everybody in it is buried green. And so there would be no pesticides on the grass. Most of them would have some requirement about natural field stones or a simple bronze disc to mark graves rather than upright stones. And the third classification is conservation burial grounds that have a natural burial ground on land that has a conservation easement, so the property is also used for another specific purpose, like a park, agriculture or spiritual.” Once you’ve decided on a burial ground, then you should request that your family bury you in a biodegradable container, such as pine or bamboo, or shroud rather than a traditional coffin. And if you would like a showing prior to burial, find a funeral home that can use refrigeration rather than embalming for preserving your body. While the process is simple, the logistics can be challenging. “You would think, since all we’re talking about is not embalming, not having vaults and not having an impervious container, that it wouldn’t be so hard to have a green burial. But,

Green Cemeteries in North Carolina Bluestem Conservation Cemetery Cedar Grove bluestemcemetery.org Carolina Memorial Sanctuary Mills River carolinamemorialsanctuary.com Forest Lawn Memorial Park Candler forestlawnnc.com Green Hills Cemetery Asheville greenhillscemeteryasheville.com Highland Meadow Natural Burial Garden Fayetteville lmpnc.com Mordecai's Meadow at Historic Oakwood Raleigh historicoakwoodcemetery.com Pine Forest Memorial Gardens Wake Forest pineforestmemorial.com Sanctuary at the Burrow Moncure sanctuaryattheburrow.com

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Green Burial in fact, it’s very hard,” says Weston. “There’s no law that requires any of that stuff, but funeral homes have their policies and cemeteries have their policies. And it’s really quite difficult for an average consumer who doesn’t do a lot of thinking about this to go shopping and come up with something that might be more in line with their recycling, solar power, Prius-driving ethos.” The key, says Weston, is planning. Meaning, if green burial is important to you, do the research in advance and have the steps ready for your family when death does knock on your door. In addition to green burial, there are some other unique post-death options to consider that are better for the environment. Wet cremation or green cremation reduces the human body to bone fragments using a process combining water, an alkali solution, heat, and pressure in a stainless steel chamber. After a few hours, the sterile solution is drained, pH balanced, and recycled through the municipal wastewater treatment system and the bone fragments are dried and pulverized. Technically called alkaline hydrolysis, this process uses less energy than a fire cremation, and does not release sulfur or carbon gases. Any mercury from dental fillings is contained and recycled. Wet cremation isn’t legal in all states, but it was approved in North Carolina in 2018. Human composting places the body in a stainless steel vessel with wood chips, alfalfa, straw and other naturally and biodegradable materials, eventually transforming the body into soil. Called recomposition, the soil is then used to plant whatever is requested, from flower gardens to trees, or simply scattered onto the forest floor. Another unique idea is adding cremated remains to concrete reefs that are helping restore the oceans’ reef system. These “Eternal Reefs” began about 20 years ago and are popular with people who advocate for preserving the marine environment. Then, of course, there’s donating your body to science where you can help improve the lives of others. Whether you lean toward more traditional or alternative death rites, the options for creating a meaningful and more sustainable burial are just a few preparations away. For more information about green burial, visit greenburialproject.org and greenburialcouncil.org.

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For a Better Future By Greg Girard

ustainable Sandhills, with headquarters in Fayetteville, was created in 2003 and formed from a partnership with Fort Bragg and the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The seeds of the idea began in 2000 when Fort Bragg leadership started looking at the long-term sustainability of the base. Two years later, the Sustainable Fort Bragg initiative was established in order to focus on six areas of environment impact: sustainable land use, energy efficiency and conservation, water efficiency and conservation, waste management, sustainable transportation and sustainable design and construction. It didn’t take long to realize these issues extended beyond the base’s boundaries, and so along with the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Fort Bragg connected with community stakeholders, ultimately creating Sustainable Sandhills. Its mission statement: Through education, demonstration and collaboration, Sustainable Sandhills strengthens communities by creating resilient environmental, economic and social resources for current and future generations in the Sandhills of North Carolina. To catch up on what Sustainable Sandhills is doing for our communities, we had a chat with the current executive director, Jonelle Kimbrough.

S&P: So how did you end up leading Sustainable Sandhills? JK: I’ve been at Sustainable Sandhills since January of 2019. Prior to that, I worked for Fort Bragg’s environmental and sustainability programs and for the U.S. Army Reserve sustainability programs. I actually worked with Sustainable Sandhills during my time at Fort Bragg, so I’d always been familiar with the organization, and always worked with them on their programs and projects.

Why did Fort Bragg take such a leading role in sustainability? How did that come about? They were issued a Jeopardy Biological Opinion by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1991 for damaging the habitat of the red-cockaded woodpecker. It’s an endangered bird and it has been on the endangered species list since the list was created. And so in order to maintain their training areas, which are in the middle of the woodpecker’s habitat, the base had to implement a management program to retain the habitat. So their environmental program was born out of

that, with the woodpecker. But they grew it into a much more comprehensive program when it came to sustainability. There was that environmental conservation piece, which led to the prescribed burn program, energy resiliency, water conservation, water quality and waste management transportation. So a lot of it grew just out of the need to preserve the Longleaf pine habitat.

And from that came Sustainable Sandhills. So what is Sustainable Sandhills focused on these days? Right now we’re really pushing litter abatement, recycling education and illegal dumping abatement because once the pandemic hit a lot of the municipal programs and the state programs that were designed to help reduce litter were suspended. For example, the inmate programs where they would pick up litter along the roadside. Those just didn’t happen for a couple of years and litter just really proliferated throughout the entire region, and statewide as well. So we’ve partnered with places like the city of www.SandandPineMag.com | 19

For a Better Future Fayetteville, Keep Moore County Beautiful and the Harnett County Sheriff's department to host community cleanups. We’ve been asking for volunteers from the communities in those counties to come out and help clean up the litter in their areas. We try to do it about once a month or once every couple of months. We have a campaign called Five for Friday where we’re asking people to take ownership of just the area around their homes and businesses—pick up five pieces of litter on Fridays just to keep the litter problem down as much as we possibly can.

started. When we started a year and a half ago, we would have five volunteers at a cleanup but now we have as many as 40 or 50. And a lot of them come from local high schools. So it’s great to see our youth getting involved and really wanting to take pride in where they live. That’s really what it’s about, loving where you live and taking pride in it and wanting to see it look as good as it possibly can, because litter is a problem on so many levels.

have some of those State and Municipal programs started back uP?

We have our green schools program in Cumberland County and we have someone actually embedded in the school system who helps with conservation projects, environmental education, integrating sustainability into the STEM curriculum. We do a

They have to an extent, but not to the level that they were. Like everything else, it’s hard to find workers. So we’ve been relying a lot on volunteers and it’s really picked up a lot of momentum since we

Speaking of students, you are involved with schools as well, correct?

lot to work with teachers on ensuring that their classrooms are sustainable, that the schools are recycling properly and that the students are getting hands-on opportunities to learn about our environment while trying to foster and encourage them to be more environmentally conscious and responsible. Kids are like sponges. They just absorb all that from such a young age. We’d love to get into Moore County Schools with that program, but we just haven’t had that conversation with the school system there. That’s definitely something that I have been looking at doing since I came on board.

What are some longer term, bigger picture goals of the organization? Our goal is to make the Sandhills the most sustainable region in North Carolina. It’s going to take a lot of effort, not just from Sustainable Sandhills and the municipalities that we work with and the other organizations like Keep Moore County Beautiful. It’s going to take an effort from everyone who lives in the Sandhills. So we encourage people to incorporate sustainability practices into their daily lives as much possible. And if we all do that, we can definitely reach that goal. I think it’s doable.

How do you overcome Sustainability burnout? that numbness people start to get about sustainable practices.

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We have a campaign called Five for Friday where we’re asking people to take ownership of just the area around their homes and businesses—pick up five pieces of litter on Fridays ....

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That’s a great question because even people who work in the environmental field feel that way at times. Especially if we, for example, do a litter cleanup and everything looks great, everything’s pristine and then we come back six months later, and it’s full of litter again. That can be really disheartening. All we can do is keep trying to drive the culture change. We think that’s really what it’s about, getting people into the habit. And just continuous education to ensure that people are constantly aware of what’s going on in the conservation field and how the work that we do, and the work that other community

groups do, is really having an impact. So showing them the impacts and the benefits, I think, is really important. And then incentivizing them as much as possible. For example, our major partner in our litter cleanups in Cumberland County is the Cross Creek Early College. It’s a group of high school students who come out once a month on a Saturday morning and they work really hard to beautify their communities. So we try to get their pictures in the paper or we try to give them a thank you treat, like free milkshakes or ice cream, just to help keep them motivated. So it’s a combination of those things. Seeing the tangible impacts of people’s efforts and trying to reward them as much as possible.

what Is Sandhills MADe? Sandhills MADE is an economic development program where we’re connecting small business owners, anyone who makes anything in the Sandhills, with a customer and client base. So we’re running a couple of popup markets right now, and then we’re eventually going to be launching a small business network where people can find these entrepreneurs online, like a business directory for folks who don’t have brick-and-mortar stores. We’re also hoping to develop classes for underserved populations, such as low income families, women, people of color, to learn how to do what we call urban home setting skills. And those things would be anything from sewing and soap and candle making to beekeeping, things like that. The program is in the planning stages right now, but Moore County is the hub where we want to do that because we’ve had a lot of interest from the community there. We’ve asked for donations of fabric and seed pots and things like that for the classes, and we received this huge outpouring of donations from Moore County. So we’re hoping that we can start those classes in the late summer, early fall of this year.

On your website, Your definition of sustainability reads: The ability of the current generation to meet their needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Does that work as an argument of motivation? That idea of listen, we have to meet our needs, but we also can't compromise future generations to a terrible future if we don't do it right now. That definition of sustainability has been around since ’89 when the United Nations defined that in their Brundtland Commission Report. And it is very true, because a lot of people really live in the here and now, and they don’t think so far down the road. But now in this generation, even we’re seeing how the consequences of our actions are coming up sooner than expected—not 50 or a 100 years down the road, but 10, 20, 25 years down the road. And so we encourage sustainability now because even small things like a litter cleanup can make a huge difference the very next day. And if we keep plugging at it, as you said that becomes cumulative and hopefully those impacts will stay lasting.

and the more small steps that they take, the greater the impact they’re going to have. Whether it’s one sustainable thing that you do on a daily basis or 10, every one of those things is going to have an impact for the greater good of both our planet and our community. And we emphasize not just environment at Sustainable Sandhills, but economy and community as well. So they could do things like shop a small business instead of a big box store. That’s going to help put money back into our neighborhoods for those entrepreneurs. It’s just going to help everyone out and improve the quality of life for everyone who lives here. For more information on Sustainable Sandhills and to get involved, visit sustainablesandhills.org.

How can we get people more involved? By taking small steps to be more conscious of their environment, whether on their local economy, their community or in their daily life. They can learn more about how to recycle right. They can learn more about ways to be stewards of public lands and conserving our wildlife on public lands. They can learn about pollution prevention. They can explore alternative forms of transportation, like taking mass transit or walking or biking more to where they need to go. So just taking small steps— www.SandandPineMag.com | 21

Garden Hummingbird Garden W

ho doesn’t love hummingbirds? They are the tiny feathered jewels of the bird world, able to fly like a helicopter pattern. Beating up, down, sideways, front, and back and even upside down! Hummers are also able to hover by flapping their wings in a figure-8 pattern. Beating about 80 times per second, their wings make a humming noise, thus the hummingbird’s name. There are approximately 332 species of hummingbirds that are found only in the Americas, and only the Ruby-throat is normally seen here in North Carolina. Occasionally the Rufous-sided hummer visits our area in the winter. For two consecutive years, my husband Ron and I were lucky enough to have a Rufous visit our feeders all winter long. We spent many hours watching her out our

BY DOLORES MULLER N.C. Cooperative Extension Service Master Gardener Volunteer

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kitchen window as she enjoyed the nectar at our feeder. On cold nights, we kept it from freezing by attaching tiny Christmas lights under it. The main source of food for hummingbirds are insects, which are rich in protein. Planting many of their favorite flowers will attract them to your yard. Tubular flowers, such as salvias (sage) and honeysuckle contain the most nectar and are a hummingbird favorite. Other flowers they enjoy are bee balm, cardinal flower, catmint, agastache, columbine, penstemon, hosta, impatiens, petunias and foxglove. By planting a variety of their favorite flowers and augmenting them with hummingbird feeders, you can make your yard an oasis for hummingbirds. And you will be the envy of your neighborhood.

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Stagger the bloom time of the flowers you plant so there is a constant source of food throughout the season.

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Hummers arrive in our area in late March or early April and stay into October. During their twice-a-year migration, they fly over 2,000 miles, flying an average of 25 to 30 mph. So put your feeders up now to welcome the tiny travelers.

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Do not use red dye when making your nectar. It is harmful to the birds. Instead, prepare clear sugar water (1-part white sugar mixed with 4 parts water). Heat the mixture until the sugar dissolves then cool before filling your feeder.

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Pineapple sage blooms late in the season and continues until the first frost. Planting this will supply hummers migrating south in the fall with a lateseason snack.

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At the

Table

Mussels By ROBERT NASON

ussels, part of the bivalve aquatic family that includes clams, oysters and scallops, is one of the most sustainable food sources on the planet. These filter-feeders can live in fresh and saltwater and they clean the water around them to create a healthy environment for other species. Bivalves eat by extracting microscopic nutrients as the water passes through their shells. In addition, they require no added supplements to live and grow, so the farming of bivalves can be both environmental friendly and economically

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viable as a business. Plus, mussels are extremely high in protein and iron, which makes them a great alternative to other seafoods and meats where harvesting can negatively affect the environment. They also contain omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins A and B12, zinc and selenium. A bit of caution: If bivalves are harvested from unsanitary water they can carry disease. Always inquire where the mussels are harvested before buying or consuming. Farmed bivalves are the safest as they require strict regulations to produce.

Mussels with White Wine & Lemon Aioli epicurious.com Serves 4

2,000 years.

> Pearls are cultivated from some

Ingredients Lemon aioli: 1 large egg yolk 1 garlic clove, finely grated 1 teaspoon (or more) fresh lemon juice 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt Mussels: 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, chopped

Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1/2 cup white wine 4 pounds mussels, debearded, scrubbed 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves Sliced country-style bread, toasted (for serving)

Directions 1.

For lemon aioli: Whisk egg yolk, garlic, and lemon juice in a medium bowl. Whisking constantly, drizzle in vegetable oil, then olive oil in a slow, steady stream; whisk until aioli is emulsified. Season with salt and more lemon juice, if desired. Cover; chill. Aioli can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.

For mussels: Heat oil in a large heavy pot over medium-high heat. Add onion, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring often, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add tomato paste and cook, stirring, until it begins to darken, about 2 minutes. Add wine and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until liquid is slightly reduced, about 1 minute.

> Consumption of mussels dates back

Add mussels and 1/2 cup water to pot, cover, and reduce heat to medium. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mussels open (discard any that do not open), 10-12 minutes. Ladle mussels and broth into shallow bowls and top with thyme; serve with bread and lemon aioli.

freshwater mussel varieties.

> Mussels can be found around the world.

> Pale white meat indicates a male mussel and a more orange color indicates females.

> Mussels should be bright, undamaged and closed before cooking. If a mussel is open, give it a squeeze. If it closes, the mussel is still alive and safe to use. If not, it is dead and should not be eaten. The bad smell of a dead mussel is the best indicator.

>Every day a mussel will filter more than five gallons of water.

> Farmed mussels have shiny blue-

black shells while wild mussels have a dull blue colored shell with white erosion marks and sometimes barnacles.

> Mussels have beards, which they

use to attach themselves to rocks, or ropes when farmed. Their beards are so strong, scientists have tried to develop adhesives based on their properties.

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At the

Table

Pasta with Mussels in Tomato Sauce nytimes.com Serves 4

Ingredients

Directions

1 can chopped or whole tomatoes (14.5 ounces)

Pulse tomatoes with juices in food processor just a few times to break down into a coarse purée; set aside. Bring large pot of water to boil for pasta.

3 fat garlic cloves; 1 crushed, 2 minced

Meanwhile, in a wide skillet or saucepan with lid, combine crushed garlic clove and shallot with white wine. Bring to a boil and add mussels. Cover and cook, shaking pan from time to time, 2 to 4 minutes, or until mussels open up. Check mussels after 2 minutes; transfer open mussels to a bowl using tongs. Cover pan again, wait another minute, and repeat until all mussels have opened.

2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Leave mussels to cool in bowl until easily removed from shells. Remove half from shells and leave other half intact. Taste a mussel; if it is sandy, give them all a very quick rinse and drain in a colander. Transfer to a bowl and keep covered while you make tomato sauce.

¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Place a strainer over another bowl, line with cheesecloth and strain the liquid in the pan into bowl. Reserve 1/2 cup. Rinse and dry pan.

2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme or marjoram, or both

Heat olive oil over medium heat in pan and add minced garlic and red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring, just until fragrant, about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add tomatoes, thyme or marjoram (or both), and sugar.

Turn heat up to medium-high and cook, stirring often, 5 to 10 minutes, until tomatoes have cooked down slightly. Add 1/2 cup broth from mussels, stir together and bring to a simmer. Taste and add salt as needed (you may not need to add any). Tip all mussels, shelled and unshelled, into sauce, cover and turn heat to very low or remove from heat if not serving right away. Keep warm while you cook pasta.

Warm a large bowl for the pasta. When water for pasta comes to a rolling boil, salt generously and add pasta. Cook al dente, following the directions on the package. Drain and toss in the warm bowl with tomato sauce, mussels and parsley. Serve right away.

1 shallot, chopped ½ cup dry white wine 2 pounds mussels, rinsed, scrubbed and beards removed

Pinch sugar Salt to taste ¾ pound linguine or other pasta ¼ cup chopped flat leaf parsley

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Beer-steamed Mussels rachaelraymag.com Serves 6

Ingredients 2 shallots, thinly sliced

1 cup blonde ale

6 sprigs fresh thyme

6 tbsp. butter, cubed

2 cloves garlic, chopped

1 lemon, juiced

1 tsp. crushed red pepper

Toasted sliced ciabatta, for serving

1 tbsp. olive oil, plus more for drizzling 2 lb. mussels, scrubbed and debearded

Directions 1.

In large pot, cook shallots, thyme, garlic and red pepper in 1 tbsp. oil over medium-high, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes.

Stir in mussels and ale. Cover and cook until mussels open, about 5 minutes. Stir in butter. Drizzle with oil and lemon juice. Serve with ciabatta.

Mussel Soup

culinaryginger.com Serves 4

Ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil

1 1/2 cups dry white wine

1 cup yellow onion, chopped

3 cups unsalted or lowsodium chicken stock

3/4 cups carrot, peeled and chopped

2 cups passata/pureed tomatoes

1/2 cup celery, chopped

1 bay leaf

1/2 cup fresh fennel, chopped

40 fresh mussels, scrubbed with beards removed

1/2 teaspoon salt 4 cloves garlic, grated

2 teaspoons fresh parsley, chopped

Directions 1.

In a large soup pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the onion, carrot, celery, fennel and salt. Cook, stirring often until the vegetables start to soften, about 8–10 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook for 1 minute.

Add the wine and cook until the wine has reduced slightly. Add the stock, passata and bay leaf. Bring to a simmer, then stir in mussels. Cover and simmer for 5 minutes until all mussels are open. Discard any that stay closed.

Remove the bay leaf. Taste and add salt if necessary.

Serve garnished with chopped parsley and crusty bread.

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Beer Matters

Return of the West Coast IPA BY JAMIE DOOM OVER A DECADE AGO one of the biggest trends in craft beer history began taking shape in Vermont. Alchemist first and then Hill Farmstead later began making these flavor-forward, silky smooth New England-style or hazy IPAs. Other great Vermont breweries, like Lawson’s Finest Liquids and Fiddlehead Brewing, began experimenting with this style. These breweries gained a cult following, and avid beer geeks began making a pilgrimage to these small towns in Vermont to try these beers and often mule that beer to their 28 | SAND& PINE MAGAZINE April/May 2022

homes and local breweries all over the United States. Fast forward to five or six years ago when almost every craft brewery in America began making their own versions of these dense, thick, flocculate-rich IPAs. The craft drinking public was hooked. People who had forgone IPAs previously because of their bitter, often palatecrushing bite suddenly had something much more easier and smooth. The hazy IPA craze continued to spread like wildfire across the country and today almost every

brewery you visit have some form of this delicious/accessible IPA on the wall. Today, the hazy IPA is king no matter where you go. However, the craft beer drinking public is as nostalgic as it is fickle, so in reaction to this Hazy Boi craze we are once again seeing a correction and a market for my favorite style of beer, the West Coast IPA. Craft beer in the United States really began taking off way back in 2010 because of the West Coast IPA. West

Coast IPA is a style loosely defined by its sharp bitterness, intense hop aromas, higher ABV and often more cannabisadjacent terms like “resins,” “dank” and “sticky.” These beers are often brewed with hops grown in the Pacific Northwest and many of them began with the letter “C”—Cascade, CTZ, Centennial, Citra, Columbus and Chinnok are hops often found of these beers. These hops have strong, pungent aromas that can positively make the back of your tongue tingle. I fell in love with this style of beer when I drank my first Sierra Nevada Pale Ale more than 15 years ago, and I thought that beer was the most bitter thing I had ever tasted. Today, that beer is really smooth and easy to drink for me. And when I ran a couple of bottle shops in Raleigh eight years ago, I noticed that very few people loved an IPA the first time they ever tried it, especially one of these bitter IPAs from almost a decade ago. The West Coast IPA is something that often must be patiently endured on the first try, contemplated, and then tried

again. I don’t know exactly when the palate begins to acclimate and rewire itself, and the answer for many people is never, but this style of beer solidified my love and lifelong affair with craft beer. Perusing the draft boards around the Sandhills I’ve noticed many of our own local breweries here have featured this style once again, many times just calling it an American IPA. Also, since I like lists, here are some of my favorite West Coast IPAs: Green Flash Brewing West Coast IPA, San Diego, California. They went out and trademarked the term, so they were pretty serious about what they were making. This beer is made with five different hops imparting layers of pine, floral and ripe citrus aromas. Russian River Brewing Company Pliny the Elder, Santa Rosa, California. Like all of these, drink this beer as fresh as possible. Made with Amarillo, Centennial, CTZ and Simcoe hops. The beer has floral, citrus and pine aromas. Bear Republic Brewing Company Racer 5 IPA, Healdsburg, California.

This is the beer that made me fall in love with IPAs. Made with generous amounts of Columbus and Cascade hops, this fullbodied beer is more on the floral side than citrus side of the hop palate. Stone Brewing Company Stone IPA, San Diego, California. It’s simply named, but this flagship beer packs a punch that is great tasting with a super citrusy aroma with very little malt character. Magnum, Chinook, Centennial, Azacca, Calypso, Motueka, Ella and Vic Secret round out this massive and complex hop bill. Victory Brewing Dirtwolf IPA, Downington, Pennsylvania. Not all of the classic West Coast IPAs have to be from California, and this one is a huge favorite of mine. Even though Citra, Simcoe, Mosaic and Chinook hops are used, it is a little more earthy than many of the other beers on this list. Be careful! It’s coming in at 8.7%! Bitter, piney IPAs are finally making a return, and I am all for it!

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( Be Inspired )

Get Uncomfortable BY CHRISTIN DAUBERT CREATING SOMETHING TYPICALLY REQUIRES YOU TO GET OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE PRETTY QUICKLY. Usually, you have to try something different or new. At least that is how it is for me. I find that when I decide to step out of my comfort zone (which is always way easier with art-related things than, say, other life things), I get a rush of adrenaline that pushes me further creatively. This was exactly the case when I decided to go to a local figure drawing class one evening at the coolest little spot in Aberdeen called Create Studio. I’d visited before because their owner curates some awesome vintage finds, and fills his space with local vendors (who also find awesome 34 | SAND& PINE MAGAZINE April/May 2022

vintage finds). After purchasing a pair of Depression glass candlestick holders (seriously swoon worthy), I learned that there would be a live figure drawing class the following Monday night. It’s important to mention that I am not trained in the arts. I didn’t study art, besides the lecture-hall style art history in college. My style of art is abstract and messy, so the thought of sitting and drawing a live, nude human was intimidating. I’m fairly certain I told myself that I would practice some drawing techniques before the class, and I did no such thing. I was buzzing leading up to the event. (No, not literally buzzed.) Unlike the popular drinking-while-painting group events, this night

had a different vibe. The figure drawing session was donation-only and there were tons of supplies provided: paper, loads of charcoal, pastels, markers, graphite sticks with blenders, and things I had no idea how to use. The seating was eclectic—some spots had a desk and some people used their laps to rest their sketch pads. There were technique sheets printed out sharing how to start with shapes and lines to get the flow of the body. We all started with several quick one-minute and five-minute drawings of the model to warm our brains up. I had no idea what I was doing and I have to admit, feeling that way was wonderful. It made me realize how rarely I put myself in situations to learn the basics of a new skill. Being a grown-up means we rarely find ourselves publicly asking how to do something that we’ve chosen to try, but that’s exactly how we grow and continue to evolve. It struck me how boring life would be if I just did what I knew I could comfortably do. As the evening progressed, we moved to longer sessions with the model holding a pose for 30 minutes. During this time the two event leads, Romey and Kara, came around and helped anyone who felt stuck drawing the details of a hand or the curve of the spine. As the timer went off to close out the last pose and our evening, I felt such gratitude towards this community of artists and creatives

Helping you with

for offering us a space to push us to the edges of our comfort and expand. I want to encourage you to find some creative outlet that makes you feel uncomfortable and out of your depths this month. You could try your hand at writing poetry or explore a new medium in your grown-up coloring book. Or, if you’re looking to go somewhere to learn a new craft, I have a few suggestions for you. Obviously, I’m going to suggest Create Studio. In addition to figure drawing events, they have an open night where you can bring in whatever you’re working on and enjoy a collaborative space to create. Follow along on Instagram at @Create.Studio.NC. There is also ARTworks Vass where you can sign up for a number of individual classes to create beautiful stained glass pieces, learn to knit or dive into oil painting. Learn more at artworkvass.com. Here’s to getting uncomfortable and embracing our creative sides!

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We Can Be Heroes BY AMANDA ODEN WHEN I FOUND OUT I WAS HAVING MY SECOND CHILD I WAS SO EXCITED! My husband and I had talked about eventually expanding our brood to include a playmate for our daughter Bowie Opal, so while the timing was a surprise, the pregnancy wasn’t unplanned. I had my heart set on a second girl and was honestly a little disappointed when our ultrasound tech announced that Baby No. 2 was of the male variety. Often, when I told someone I was having a boy, I would get encouragement like “Oh boys, they just adore their mamas!” So, I started to get excited. I mean, Bowie was an equal opportunist and she vacillated between my husband 36 | SAND& PINE MAGAZINE April/May 2022

and me depending on her mood, never really choosing a favorite parent. But a mama’s boy? That was something to look forward to! Arlo was born and I was all set for my instant bestie, but to my dismay, from the start, he was a daddy’s boy through and through. Don’t get me wrong, he loves me, but the child is happiest tagging along with my husband walking the dog, playing guitar, barbecuing dinner or wheeling the garbage cans to the curb for “Garbage Day.” Garbage Day is always a big event in our household. Arlo makes sure to wake us all up at dawn so we can post up in front of the living room window and get the best

view of the trash collector raising and dumping first our garbage, then our recycling, into the hopper (a term I only know because my son is a garbage truck enthusiast). We all cheer when our bins are methodically set down and the truck moves onto the neighbors. At the very beginning of the COVID pandemic (2 years ago now), Garbage Day became even more important for our family. We adhered strictly to the quarantine guidelines and isolated like it was our job. My husband and I were desperate to entertain our toddlers, and trash collection day became our Superbowl. We’d sit on the front steps and cheer as the truck made its way through our cul-de-sac. Our trash

on the receiving end of his affection, I laughed and said, “And who’s your favorite guy?” fully expecting him to say “Daddy” because, I mean, that’s his icon. But Arlo didn’t say Daddy. He didn’t say Opa, his grandfather he absolutely adores. He didn’t even say Blippi, the television character he watches every day and sometimes dons orange glasses and suspenders to emulate. Without missing a beat, Arlo said, “Tony,” meaning the trash collector. My husband’s face fell for a second. He obviously thought Daddy was going to be the answer. We made a quick joke about loyalty and proceeded with our routine—dinner, bath, pajamas, teeth

I can tell my husband is irritated. “Helping” in this instance means taking three times as long and we are already behind on our bedtime schedule. collector was the best—honking and waving, doing donuts on our little street to impress our kiddos. I still get choked up when I think about how happy those little moments made us during such a scary time. Garbage Day is also sacred to me because after our third child, Indy, was born, Arlo was pretty upset with me for bringing home a new baby and those early mornings watching the garbage truck were one of the few times he’d let me snuggle up to him. Because of a very brief but apparently impactful segment on his favorite show Blippi, Arlo thinks all garbage collectors are named Tony. Which is why whenever he sees a garbage truck he yells “Thank you trash truck. Have a good day, Tony!” We have explained over and over that not every trash collector is named Tony, to no avail, but admittedly, Blippi is very persuasive. Last week Arlo was being super affectionate and out of the blue ran up and smooched me on the cheek, yelling “You’re my favorite girl!” Happy to be

brushing. But that particular night was also the night before Garbage Day, so it’s a little different. Bowie and Arlo are responsible for condensing the bathroom trash cans while my husband wrangles the baby and cleans out the stinky diaper genie. I mostly just laugh and try to stay out of the way. Bowie and Arlo then work together to load the blue recycling tote into their Radio Flyer wagon making it easier to wheel from the back porch to the bin. Once all the bags are tied tightly and the recyclables are collected, my husband is ready to get everything outside and down to the curb. This task should realistically take about three minutes but then my 3and 5-year-olds ask to “help.” I can tell my husband is irritated. “Helping” in this instance means taking three times as long and we are already behind on our bedtime schedule. But he is patient with them, more so than I would probably be, and tells them to “throw your shoes on, quickly please!” He grabs the baby in one arm and scoops

the trash bag in his other hand and tells the two big kids to grab onto the trash bag. Once all of their palms are touching the bag, they begin the short but timeconsuming shuffle to the trash bin. As they inch down the driveway at a snail's pace, my husband looks a little exasperated, lugging our almost 30-pound baby while supervising the trash removal services of two toddlers. But my kids are as happy as can be! Even the baby is giggling, pleased to be included in the adventure. Next, they wheel the big trash cans from the side of the house down to the curb. My husband, while still holding our extremely heavy and squirmy baby, grabs the can by the handles and begins

But he is patient with them ... and tells them to “throw your shoes on, quickly please!”

to roll it down the driveway. The older kids grin widely at each other and get to work “helping” their dad by pushing the trash can from behind with all their might. My husband realizes how absurd they all look and starts laughing and the kids are cackling too. I ran in the house to grab my phone so I could snap a quick picture. I wanted to document this silly little moment, not for Instagram or their baby books, but for my husband. Because someday their interest in “helping with the trash” will dwindle but I’d like him to see the way they look up at him adoringly. Their love for Tony runs deep, but there’s no denying who their favorite guy really is.

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About My Finances ... Can We Not? WE’RE NEARLY HALFWAY THROUGH 2022 ALREADY AND LOOK WHAT HAS HAPPENED. Just when COVID seemed to be easing in the U.S. (even though some parts are still in lockdown mode), we hear it’s spreading again in Asia. Supply chain delays have caused disruptions in every part of retail, Ukraine is being attacked, gas prices have shot through the roof, and inflation is rampant, making everything more expensive. With all this going on, you might be thinking, “Maybe I should stop contributing to my 401K. That would be extra money in my checking account. Maybe I should use my savings to offset. I mean I have to. I am living the same life here. Or maybe I’ll just put the extra costs on my credit card ….” STOP right there, and hear me out. Yes, the going is getting tough, but you are tough too, right? Yes you are!

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Here is the truth: Now is the best time for you, me, everyone to buckle down and do some good old fashioned straight-from-your-grandparents adulting techniques. Cut Out the Superfluous Yes, costs are higher. Inflation is up and your normal life, well, it costs more now. So, get smarter. Think outside of the box and start looking for ways to save. Get better at adulting. Do you need to go buy $6 coffee every day? No. Do you really need anything new? Not really, to be honest. But if you do, you can get creative. Be thrifty, bargain shop, eat more at home. It’s healthier anyhow. Take-out, snacks, soda, now is the time to ask yourself, “Do I really need all these things, or can I go without them?” Can you change your lifestyle? I think you can.

Create a Budget Budgeting, yup it works. Perhaps you’ve tried in the past and it never seemed to work, but I’m willing to bet that’s because every month’s expenses are not the same. Part of budgeting is being realistic and adjusting to the ebb and flow of your yearly spending. Here are a few tips: •

Be real, round up. If your power bill is $156.63, make it $170.00. Now, pull up your last 12 months of bills online and plan each month of the year for a “rounded up” amount. That will help give you a cushion each month. Granted, this takes some time and effort, but it will pay off for you.

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Birthdays. Don’t forget to add them. My month is August in our house. Seriously, I think everyone in my life was born in August! So, plan ahead on what you want to spend and for whom. Budgets aren’t just for necessities. They’re for enjoying life, too.

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Big picture. Starting to see a pattern? Budgets are not for a month. They’re for a year. Go ahead and add 11 more pages, my friend.

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Add savings to your bills. Be sure that one of those “bills” you line item for is a savings or investment account. Pay yourself. Keep saving every month, even if it’s a small amount that you think won’t make a difference. It will. Your future you will thank you.

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Pet friendly. For the pet lovers out there, add them. They have bills, too. The vet is every 6 months and remember all the extras like flea and tick treatment, toys, food, etc.

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Cut excess. Take an honest look at what you have been spending your money on. Is it worth the hours it took you to earn that money? Start looking for the ways money trickles out of that checking account, or worse, how it is trickling up a credit card balance. Fix it. No one can be in control of this but you!

Invest Now Do not stop investing for your future. One of the largest components of investing acumen is to buy low and sell high. That’s not for just those people buying and selling stock, it’s for everyone investing in the market. So keep that 401K contribution going. As a matter of fact, increase it if you can. As you add to your 401K in increments (and hopefully your company is matching), you are buying at a lower price when the market is down in value. That means when things go back up, and they will, you will own more shares. That makes your investment value grow faster.

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Do not stop investing for your future. One of the largest components of investing acumen is to buy low and sell high. That’s not for just those people buying and selling stock, it’s for everyone investing in the market.

Some Don’ts Here is a list of the most typical “hard to avoid, but try everything not to do” financial moves in a tough financial time: •

Don’t put it on a credit card. Don’t buy things with a credit card that you can’t pay off when the payment is due. It’s great to use cards for those points and promos, just be sure you are paying it off every month. Emergencies happen, yes. But be sure it’s an actual emergency.

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Don’t skip bills or payments. This is one of the worst things you can do to your credit. It damages your credit worthiness. It takes years to build good credit and only a few missed payments to ruin it.

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Don’t stop saving or investing. As I mentioned above, now is the best time to save for your future and invest. As for savings, you want to avoid those emergency credit card charges by building up the savings balance. A little at a time.

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Don’t overpay for things. A good financial habit is not to impulse buy. Shop around, compare prices and quality. Find the best deal on things by investing a bit of your time in finding the best price. And remember to ask yourself, “Do I need this right now?”

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Don’t spend any tax refund on “nothing.” That money is actually yours, that’s why you got it back. You worked for it. So back to the budgeting, be sure what you spend it on is worth the time it took you at work earning it.

If this article hit you like a brick in the stomach, then it’s time for change. Take action. If you need advice or help, go talk to an advisor. Don’t forget, you live in America. The home of the free and the brave. You got this! We all do! Affiliated with Capital Investment Advisory Services, LLC. Securities offered through Capital Investment Group, Inc. Member FINRA/SIPC, 100 E. Six Forks Road, Ste. 200, Raliegh, NC 27609 919.831.2370

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Name one song that makes you dance like no one’s watching? “Fantasy” by Mariah Carey, an instant mood lifter. What’s something about you that people would be surprised to learn? I’m an introvert, and constantly exuding confidence on social media for my business doesn’t come natural or easy. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A CSI agent. I majored in political science, but here I am selling clothes! (I did minor in business, which was the unique formation of Cooper & Bailey’s.) What animal best matches your personality? Hmm, a dog. Specifically my dog, he’s just like me. Go-to cocktail order? Old Fashioned or any whiskey, really. Celebrity crush? Kevin Costner. Needs no explanation. Yellowstone furthered the notion! How do you recharge after a hard day? Prayer, cuddles with my dog and wine. What’s your favorite restaurant? I’m pretty casual, so I love to grab a beer and tater tots from Maxie’s—they are the best. But any day I will take the artichoke dip from Lisi’s—or anything there, for that matter! What’s your favorite quote? “You work on commission, right?” – Pretty Woman. One of my favorites, but the line is always a humbling reminder in this line of biz (or in life) to never judge a book by its cover.

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he terms zero waste or sustainable aren’t usually associated with cocktails, but they can be. There are plenty of ways to cut back on waste or reuse some ingredients while still creating tasty beverages. We’re not suggesting dumpster diving or making dandelion wine from weeds picked in your backyard. Although if you do go that route, know that it takes six months to two years to make it drinkable. No, we have tips that you can use now. And like most sustainable changes, it’s better to take small steps rather than an all or nothing approach. Skip the Straws Another name for straws is turtle killers. That’s because it’s estimated that 8 billion plastic straws pollute the world’s beaches and that 52 percent of turtles across the globe have plastic in their abdomens. Either skip them entirely, use a paper straw that will decompose or try one of the re-usuable versions. Straws now come in glass, stainless steel, bamboo and silicone versions. Save the turtles, sip that cocktail instead. And the Cocktail Napkins Sure, the cocktail napkin can be a cute addition to a party, but they often get thrown away after barely being used. Use a cork coaster instead. Cork is a renewable resource that lasts much longer than paper. Reduce the Ice Creating ice is a huge energy drain on your fridge. Instead of mixing up individual drinks for your next get together, create a large pitcher of a signature cocktail and pop it in the freezer. Serve your guests a prechilled drink. Grow Some Herbs Growing mint, basil, lavender and thyme is actually pretty simple and cost effective. You also have the benefit of skipping the pesticide so you know exactly what you’re drinking. Most herb plants are pollinatorfriendly so the bees will thank you as well. And if growing herbs is beyond your skill set, check out the local farmers markets for fresh herbs. www.SandandPineMag.com | 43

Drink in Season By using fruits and vegetables that are in season in your cocktails, not only will they taste better, but it’s also minimizing your carbon footprint. And again, buying from a farmers market supports small business while also reducing travel and packaging waste. Fresh Blueberry Mojitos inspiredtaste.net 8 blueberries 1 ounce fresh squeezed lime juice 2 teaspoons sugar 8 fresh mint leaves, plus more for serving

2 ounces white rum Ice 1 ounce club soda Lime slice for serving

Add blueberries, lime juice, sugar and eight mint leaves to a cocktail shaker. Use the end of a wooden spoon or cocktail muddler to bash (or muddle) the mint into the lime juice and sugar. This releases oils from the mint, breaks up the blueberries and helps the sugar dissolve into the lime juice. Add rum, stir well, and then pour into a glass filled with ice, leaving about an inch of room, then top with club soda. Serve with a lime slice. Wine Syrup If you have any leftover red or white wine, make it into syrup for cocktails. It can add a layer of complexity in an otherwise simple drink. Use it in place of simple syrup in recipes or drizzle it over ice cream or other desserts. Use a 1:1 ratio of leftover wine and white sugar over low heat until you have the desired syrup consistency. Tip: Do not use any oak-aged wine, like chardonnay, for syrups. Stick to fruity wines with little acidity for best results. Red Wine Syrup and Watermelon Margarita beautifulbooze.com 1.5 ounces of tequila ½ lime, juiced (extra slice for 2 tablespoons of red wine syrup garnish) 3 ounces of watermelon juice 1 cup of ice 1 ounce of Grand Marnier In a cocktail shaker mix all ingredients and ½ the ice. Shake until mixed and chilled. Put the remaining ice in a serving glass and strain mixture into it. Garnish with lime slice and sugar the rim. Use and Reuse Don’t throw away that lemon or lime after you squeeze its juice out. Save it and use it to infuse a bottle of vodka or gin. But don’t throw it away after that either. Make a citrus simple syrup with those spirit-soaked rinds. The heat will release more oils from the rind creating a zesty syrup that can be stored for up to a month in the refrigerator. Simply DIY Infused Vodka Pack fresh fruit (we recommend citrus for your first infusion) into a mason jar then fill with vodka. Cover and place in a cool dark place. Shake every day, checking on progress after 24 hours. Some fruits infuse faster than others, but typically expect 3–5 days for most infusions. Once the infusion is to your desired strength, strain thoroughly. Store infused vodka in the fridge. 44 | SAND& PINE MAGAZINE April/May 2022

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