Going Green with Andrea Dean

Of course I like the chickens because they provide me with eggs to eat and manure to fertilize, but the main reason I like them is because they are funny.

I know it’s a sin, but I love drying my clothes in the dryer. Unlike my husband who grew up enjoying the Yankee pleasure of stiff, abrasive towels, I grew up in suburban Long Island where my towels were fluffed in the dryer. I am still getting used to being exfoliated after every shower but am finding that I use the same towel many more times. The towel softens up after a while and the thought of going through the stiffy phase again is a deterrent.


It’s 9:40 at night and I just realized that I forgot my wet laundry in the washer. With a sound akin to a whine I said to my husband Topher, “Can you put my clothes in the dryer?” In his authoritative, bossy voice, he answered- “Honey, you got to walk the walk and talk the talk.” I was so tired but Topher talked me down and offered to come and help me. So there we were hanging laundry at 10 pm at night in the dark. It was certainly a lot more fun doing it together. Hell- I guess it was so cool that I am writing about it now. I wouldn’t be writing about what it was we were sacrificing. Most likely some form of mindless entertainment. Ahhh… another eco diva’s delicate morals not defiled.

Sustainability Chronicles continues with Andrea finding a reusable shopping bag she can remember because it is cleverly hidden in the bottom of her purse!