Erin Wilson's Profile

Can't resist making a pitch for The ONE-SHOT Project. If you've upgraded camera gear and have an older camera to donate, we'd love to put it to good use. There are thousands (millions?!) of unused point and shoot cameras hiding away in drawers. They can have a huge impact! We work with kids on the margins in northern Iraq, and will soon be working with kids in Chile who were impacted by the 2010 earthquakes and still aren't on their feet. We teach photography and peacemaking skills, and generally give kids a means to discover (often for the first time) that they're amazing! We aren't the only organization working with kids and photography... Google can help you find a group near you. If you don't find a group near you, then consider checking out our website. www.theoneshotproject.com

What a lovely way to head into the weekend... thank you :)

I use a stainless steel mesh strainer for the shower drain, as I just don't want lots of long hair going down the drain. I take the hair out after every shower (it's clean hair, after all), and give the strainer a scrub when I clean the shower. Easy peasy. I've used the same strainer for something like 4 years now, and it still looks new. Only cost a couple bucks at the time. I can't even imagine when I might have to replace it... a few decades?

Using it means I don't have to mess with plumbing issues (yay!), so I wouldn't go without at this point. But disposable? Ha! There's no way I could get talked into that.