Amy Writes

A while ago, I saw this series of photos on David Kuo's blog . I didn't need the photo to slap me - every day, the pile of plastic bags in our garage larger than my oldest child convicts me about our plastic bag usage. We do recycle them - that is, we return them to the store and shove them in the green bin outside the door, who knows what happens after that - but still, we consume a lot of plastic. Consume, and then discard. We are responsible for the art on David's blog. So twice now, I have asked for paper bags for my dry groceries at Publix. Twice, I have had the same bagger. Twice, she has grumbled and muttered things under her breath. Twice, it has taken 50% longer to check out, because she has to play Tetris to get the dry goods into the bags. Then, twice, she has held up the whole process further because she has a theory about the order in which the bags must go into the cart. This girl used to talk to me. She had a lot to say. She'd ask about the kids, tell...