Published This Summer

Summer is always a crazy time of juggling work and school vacations. I don’t always get around to blogging and documentation, but even in the summer chaos, I did have stories published in June, July, and August. Here is the mammoth list in case you missed anything.

Avvo

In June, Avvo published my article on some of the shenanigans ICE has pulled against Asian immigrants. In July, they published my article on the progress of the Equality Act. And in August, they ran my story about new vaccination laws in response to the measles outbreak.

Earth911

I wrote a lot of summer reading articles this year, and most of them showed up on Earth911.

The Roots of Climate Nonfiction

The Branches of Climate Change Nonfiction

Beach Reads to Finish Before the Ocean Rises: Intro to Cli-Fi

I finished all the major buyers’s guides I pitched at the beginning of the year, but had a few supporting articles publish this summer.

Roofing for Extreme Weather

Paving on a Budget

Sustainable Pavers for Cold Climates

Dishwashers for the Immune-Impaired

I started a new series about shopping your values.

Shopping Your Values

How to Achieve Safer Shopping Results

Safer Shopping: Meats

Shopping for Humanely-Raised Food

Shopping Your Values: Buy Local

Shopping Your Values: Organic

There’s a pretty good chance that Adding Composting Toilets to the Sanitation Mix will become a new series, too.

And then there were a bunch of other random topics.

Guinness and Other Brewers Get Greener Packaging

How Garfield Became an Environmental Mascot

A Tourist’s-Eye View of Norway’s Green Lifestyle

Broke Is the New Green

How To Recycle Inhalers

Citizen Scientists Work to Save Vanishing Sword Ferns

Eaten to Extinction

Cutting Down on Lawn: Alternatives to Grass

Closing the Loop with Architectural Salvage

Here and There

I had a couple of articles in publications that I don’t write for regularly. PDX Parent published my Tips for a Perfect Pickathon. Three Imaginary Girls had me write up a TimberFest preview and ticket giveaway, then sent me to the festival to review it. (My daughter reviewed it, too.)

ParentMap

In honor of Eid al Fitr, ParentMap published my article on growing up Muslim in Seattle. It was a joy to write because I met so many interesting women in my research.

I wrote up the winners and finalists for two of ParentMap’s Golden Teddy Awards categories:

Food and Dining

Out and About

I wrote about two teens who launched a mentorship program for adopted youth. And then, just like that, it was time to look forward to fall. I did it in a big way with 50 Ways to Rock Back to School.

Technically, the following articles printed in the September issue. But they published online in August, so here goes:

How to Remain Involved in Your Child’s Education

20+ Fabulous Fall Performances to See As a Family

Why Liberal Arts Education is More Important Than You Think

Local Youth Strike For Climate Action

Seattle Times

It has been such a pleasure getting to write arts pieces for the Seattle Times. I started in April with a radio show preview. In May, I had my first professional opera review (in a bar), my first formal opera review, and a feature on the Lullaby Project in May.

Okay, so that was the recap. In June, I previewed the Seattle International Dance Festival. In Julia, I reviewed an operetta about Julia Child. In August, I reviewed the touring musical Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and profiled Jennifer Thomas, a classical pianist known for her dramatic YouTube videos.