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by Sandra Knauf
December 30, 2015
in Biography, Greenwoman, Weekly Features
tags Cheri Colburn, George Washington Carver, Greenwoman
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George Washington Carver: Grandfather of Sustainability – Part IV

by Sandra Knauf
December 30, 2015
in Biography, Greenwoman, Weekly Features
tags Cheri Colburn, George Washington Carver, Greenwoman
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In Part III, we learned of George Washington Carver’s work at Tuskegee Institute and a few of his many inventions. This is the conclusion of George Washington Carver: Grandfather of Sustainability. This brilliant mini-biography by Cheri Colburn first appeared in Greenwoman #2. It’s available in that issue, or in its entirety as an ebook on Amazon.com. –Sandra Knauf Seeds of Knowledge Carver’s mission was clear, and he had no split

by Sandra Knauf
December 23, 2015
in Biography, Greenwoman
tags Cheri Colburn, George Washington Carver, Greenwoman
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George Washington Carver: Grandfather of Sustainability – Part III

by Sandra Knauf
December 23, 2015
in Biography, Greenwoman
tags Cheri Colburn, George Washington Carver, Greenwoman
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In Part II, we left George Washington Carver as he just accepted an offer from Booker T. Washington to come to a new and financially struggling black college in Alabama, Tuskegee Institute. This brilliant mini-biography by Cheri Colburn first appeared in Greenwoman #2. It’s available in that issue, or in its entirety as an ebook on Amazon.com. In Service to His Race As the train jostled from Ames, Iowa, to

by a featured contributor
December 16, 2015
in Biography, Greenwoman
tags Cheri Colburn, George Washington Carver, Greenwoman
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George Washington Carver: Grandfather of Sustainability – Part II

by a featured contributor
December 16, 2015
in Biography, Greenwoman
tags Cheri Colburn, George Washington Carver, Greenwoman
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In Part I, we learned about George Washington Carver’s early years, from his birth to a slave in Missouri through his early education. We left during his teen years, as he finds a ride with the Smith family to find more schooling, and hopefully, more opportunities, in Fort Scott, Kansas. This brilliant mini-biography by Cheri Colburn first appeared in Greenwoman #2. It’s available in that issue, or in its entirety as

by a featured contributor
December 9, 2015
in Analysis, Biography, Greenwoman, Weekly Features
tags Cheri Colburn, George Washington Carver, George Washington Carver: Grandfather of Sustainability - Part I, Greenwoman
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George Washington Carver: Grandfather of Sustainability – Part I

by a featured contributor
December 9, 2015
in Analysis, Biography, Greenwoman, Weekly Features
tags Cheri Colburn, George Washington Carver, George Washington Carver: Grandfather of Sustainability - Part I, Greenwoman
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This brilliant mini-biography by Cheri Colburn first appeared in Greenwoman #2. It’s available in that issue, or in its entirety as an ebook on Amazon.com. –Sandra Knauf * * * For weeks now I’ve been asking my (mostly white, mostly well-educated) friends what they know about George Washington Carver. Nearly every response has focused on the phrase, “The Peanut Guy.” As you probably know, my friends are right. If there is

by a featured contributor
December 2, 2015
in Creative Nonfiction, Greenwoman, Weekly Features
tags Bonnie Simon, Chickens, Flocking to Freedom, Greenwoman
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Flocking to Freedom

by a featured contributor
December 2, 2015
in Creative Nonfiction, Greenwoman, Weekly Features
tags Bonnie Simon, Chickens, Flocking to Freedom, Greenwoman
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As fall begins and the daylight wanes, my chickens start molting and stop laying eggs. I haven’t eaten an egg in weeks, but nature is seasonal. Earlier in the year, the peaches ripened and we ate, cooked, and canned as many as we could. Later it was frozen beans and pickled cucumbers, but what all this produce has in common is a season that begins and ends. So it is

by a featured contributor
November 25, 2015
in Greenwoman, Poetry
tags Greenwoman, The Seeds of Thanksgiving, Tricia Knoll
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The Seeds of Thanksgiving

by a featured contributor
November 25, 2015
in Greenwoman, Poetry
tags Greenwoman, The Seeds of Thanksgiving, Tricia Knoll
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Tricia says she always plants pie pumpkins for Thanksgiving. Her delicious poem about the subject has just come out in Issue #2 of Poeming Pigeon: A Literary Journal About Poetry. I’m thankful that she’s sharing it with us, too! –Sandra Knauf The Seeds of Thanksgiving In May I poke eleven pie pumpkin seeds into dirt. I bless them into a star shape in that limed bed, another year. I wonder

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George Washington Carver: Grandfather of Sustainability – Part IV

George Washington Carver: Grandfather of Sustainability – Part III

George Washington Carver: Grandfather of Sustainability – Part II

George Washington Carver: Grandfather of Sustainability – Part I

Flocking to Freedom

The Seeds of Thanksgiving