Plastic Farm AnimalsCamille lives with her soul mate Bob in the back woods of central North Carolina where she hikes, gardens, cooks, and writes.
In my dreams I wake up tomorrow, to find that three years have passed and the world is changing for the better. Halfway through their first term, the Nader/Kucinich administration has already seen many milestones, among them: All American troops have been withdrawn from Iraq The Defense Department has been replaced by a Department of […]
In ARNOLD PREPARES TO TAKE OFF HIS GLOVES. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vows to take the EPA to court if they don’t allow California to set their own emission standards. Some [EPA] staff members believe Johnson [head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency] made his decision after auto executives met with Vice President Dick Cheney […]
It appears you can make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear if you try hard enough. One starts by changing the name. In the case of “The Trailer,” it took about twenty hours of Bob’s hard work before I would even consider living there. He wiped down the walls, shampooed the carpets, killed […]
There was an odd look on Greg’s face when he and Bob returned from the chicken house. “We took care of some business,” Bob said to the group sitting around the fire pit. Bob and Greg had been talking about Biodiesel as they strode off under the full moon to check for eggs, so I […]
I’m watching the Pacific surf roll onto the beach from the west windows of Scott and Rowena’s home at dawn. I have the whole day ahead of me and it promises to be another good one, full of laughter, food, stories and hikes along the beach. The sea foam is tinted pink as is the […]