“Decomposing Creation” on Everything is Crumbling
I wrote a guest post on one of my favorite publications
If you’ve been around here for more than three seconds, you’ve heard me mention my friend Ashley and/or recommend her Substack newsletter, Everything is Crumbling. I’m excited to share with you a guest post I wrote for her while she’s on vacation. Here’s a brief excerpt—click the button below to read the whole piece.
And hey, do me a favor and subscribe to her newsletter while you’re over there if you haven’t already!
You’re going to be hearing more from Ashley on the Patchwork Hearth soon. In the meantime, here’s “Decomposing Creation.”
Hi, my name’s Mollie, and I have a jar of moldy banana peels in my refrigerator.
Geez. Okay. What a way to open. Ashley, who did you invite to write on your Substack?
What I’m trying to say is:
Hi.
My name is Mollie.
And I like to compost.
Or rather, I really like the idea of composting.
I like the idea of composting so much that my husband and I have—count ‘em—four different methods of compost currently breakin’ it down in our backyard.
I like the idea of composting so much that I valiantly rescue every possible scrap of fruit and vegetable waste from our kitchen, saving it from its landfill fate and throwing it instead into fridge or freezer purgatory.
I like the idea of composting so much that I… I get a little caught up in the idea of composting and forget to focus on the act of composting. Hence the banana peel jar. I collected it with the best of intentions, but I could always come up with something better to do than to actually take it outside to compost.
I seem to be in a season of collecting more than I compost. Because let’s face it: the idea of decomposition is easier than the act of decomposition.
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Read the rest of this post on Everything is Crumbling!
Love y’all, mean it,
