Woke up to snow on the ground (Allen’s grandmother–she is 96–told me a few months ago that it would not snow until the brooks are full. The brooks are now full and it has snowed). When it first snows I always go back and read The Dead, if for no other reason (and there are many reasons to read it!) but that I can … Read More s n o w
Chickens Come Home to Roost (be aware if you click on this link as there are graphic images of detainee torture) is a thoughtful essay in t r u t h o u t by Marjorie Cohn about how Bush’s Middle Eastern policies are creating not solving problems: Bush was elected because many see him as a strong man who will protect us against … Read More "Chickens Come Home to Roost"
Leigh Hughes and her trusty staff have done it again–come out with another kick ass issue of edifice WRECKED. Within you will find a wonderful combination of prose, poetry and image.
So I got some Yerba Mate tea because it is supposed to be a more heathful energy-inducing drink than coffee. Anyway, I just drank a cup of it and while I certainly feel energized, I’m not sure if it’s from the tea, the fact that I actually slept last night or because the stuff tasted so foul that I couldn’t help but wake up … Read More Yerba Mate tastes like ass
a talented writer and lovely human being, Maryanne Stahl. If you have not read her books, I can’t recommend them strongly enough (although, truth be told I’ve not yet read her second one, but I plan on it based on the strength and beauty of her first one). http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=read08-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0451206339&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lc1=0000ff&bg1=ffffff&bc1=<1=_blank&f=ifrhttp://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=read08-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0451208668&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lc1=0000ff&bg1=ffffff&bc1=<1=_blank&f=ifr
Read it and weep. Three fabulous stories by three wildly talented women: Memory, Foam by Jordan Rosenfeld Goodbye, Street by Marcia Lynx-Qualey Barbie Toes by Theresa Boyar
Recently, Bill Moyers was awarded the Global Environment Citizen Award from Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School. His acceptance speech (reprinted at alternet) is a chilling assessment of the state of the environment in the US. As Moyers and others are reporting, the current government and the Christian Right are essentially apathetic to the plight of the environment or … Read More "I see it feelingly"
I love the sound of a loon on a lake more than just about any other sound. I was devastated to learn that loons in the Adirondack park and elsewhere are dying due to lead poisoning from ingesting fishermen’s lead sinkers. Biologists are tracking the loon migration and have created this very cool maps of loon migrations in the Northeast (also a map of … Read More loons
I love Bobbie Ann Mason’s short stories but her novel In Country is a special favorite of mine (the film version isn’t bad either). With that said, I was delighted to find this fascinating interview with her in The Missouri Review in which she discusses the importance of her connection to nature, the draw of the girl sleuth and her past of feeling out … Read More "I’m sitting on the toe of Thoreau’s boot." — Bobbie Ann Mason
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