Plastic Farm AnimalsCamille lives with her soul mate Bob in the back woods of central North Carolina where she hikes, gardens, cooks, and writes.
Kurt Vonnegut pulled out a slew of catchy one-liners for his audience at the Ohio State campus March 1st. Among them: “all the money that should have gone into research and development has gone into executive compensation. If people insist on living as if there’s no tomorrow, there really won’t be one.” “war is a […]
Today, two things happened that really gave me hope. The temperature rose to 70 degrees and I read Ralph Nader’s open letter to President Bush regarding hurricane Katrina, in which he said: Recall your dramatic, nationally-televised choreographed assurance, standing near the French Quarter, that the federal government would take the lead in rebuilding New Orleans […]
I get it, now. I understand the allure of the four seasons as experienced in the temperate zone. Over the years, we’ve heard a lot of people say they couldn’t live in the tropics because they would miss the seasons. “We have seasons!” we’d say, defensively, but they would just smile knowingly. Obviously, we didn’t […]
We all know pedestrians are supposed to wait for the little white walking man to light up before crossing the street. Unfortunately, this is not always the safest moment for pedestrians to risk stepping onto the crosswalk. Yesterday morning, I stopped at a traffic light and waited for it to change before walking across the […]
The hype over bird flu has been good for US Agri-giants Tyson (self-proclaimed World’s Largest Protien Producer) Goldkist, Pilgrim’s Pride, Perdue & ConAgra according to “Bird Flu and Chicken Factory Farms: Profit Bonanza for US Agribusiness” The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) released a report in 2004 on the economic impact to date of […]