Sayward Rebhal
Sayward Rebhal is a scientist, writer, mover, and maker who lives on an urban micro-homestead in southern California. As a busy mom, Sayward spends her days keeping haüs and raising her pint-sized plant-eater, cooking up kitchen witchery and digging in her garden, and somehow finding time to write amidst the madness. Sayward blogs at www.bonzaiaphrodite.com and recently released Vegan Pregnancy Survival Guide, through Herbivore CC.
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Posted by Sayward Rebhal
| Feb 19, 2013
The Internet is rife with homemade “green” cleaning recipes that seek to minimize toxic chemical exposure while saving money and maximizing environmental stewardship. Which...
Posted by Sayward Rebhal
| Feb 19, 2013
Do your parents still have the game closet? Or maybe, now you’re the parents, and you have your own game closet. Either way, can I dig through it? I love looking at people’s...
Posted by Sayward Rebhal
| Jan 01, 2013
There is this now-almost-infamous picture floating around the internet, featuring a CD spindle (you know, those plastic domes that hold stacks of blank CDs), repurposed to hold a bagel...
Posted by Sayward Rebhal
| Dec 20, 2012
I’m slowly making the switch over to energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps (which last, I think, roughly 800 years), replacing each incandescent bulb as it expires. Every time...
Posted by Sayward Rebhal
| Dec 11, 2012
I recently upgraded to a “grown-up” wallet, and as I was cleaning out the old one, I was struck by the amount of plastic I’d acquired. Old credit cards, an expired...
Posted by Sayward Rebhal
| Dec 04, 2012
There’s a tube at the center of every roll of toilet paper. And there are many, many rolls of toilet paper. Every bathroom, every home, every business, every plumber, millions...
Posted by Sayward Rebhal
| Nov 28, 2012
I haven’t used a phone book in years. Years! I can hardly even remember life before Google. A while back I tried to opt out of my phone book delivery service, but that enormous...
Posted by Sayward Rebhal
| Nov 21, 2012
I can’t even remember the last time I bought a candle holder. Actually, I don’t know that I’ve ever bought a candle holder, come to think of it. And why would I? No...
Posted by Sayward Rebhal
| Nov 14, 2012
I recently moved away from the progressive playground of Portland, Oregon, which among other things, is a city at the center of the “creative repurposing” trend. Strolling...
Posted by Sayward Rebhal
| Nov 06, 2012
I may own an iPhone, but that doesn’t mean I’m not still a hippie at heart. I am! I love my pretty piece of uber-advanced modern technology, but I’m still all about...