So I finally wrote about how it feels to be one of the "barren" women in the Advent season, and though it's not received a single comment on the site itself, I keep getting FB notes and emails.  I had *no idea* so many other women were struggling with this.  Sometimes simply with the judgments that one receives for choosing not to procreate, ( Read more... )

 Because I throw up when I read about men who torture captured hawks and falcons, because I grieve the fifty species we lose every day with real tears, because every bloody deer and porcupine, red fox and grey fox, coyote, skunk, and grouse makes me question where we need to go and why we need to get there so damned fast, because I don’t want to ( Read more... )

Well, I'm feeling much better, although it seemed I was having a relapse yesterday.  So back to NY for me!

For those of you who haven't been paying attention, organic food has again been found to be healthier than pesticide-covered food.  This time, the details of the study include the fact that organic food contains "more antioxidants and less ( Read more... )