Author | Humorist | Eco-Worrier
A friend in Missouri texts, “5000 homes in St Louis destroyed by tornadoes but FEMA defunding means no assistance.” Another friend with stage 4 cancer hopes for a clinical trial but worries about NIH grant defunding. A friend in West Virginia shares of farmers poised to lose everything because of
…When It’s Not All Cards and Sloppy Kisses.
The night before Mother’s Day, I posted on Facebook that I was “gearing up for my day of sleeping in, receiving adulation and general sloth.” I did sleep in, by my definition, but still woke up long before my children stirred. As in recent years past, I patiently waited in bed, reading my book and enjoying the coffee my husband, David, brought me.
…Can Buy Nothing Groups Help Fill the Tariff Voids?
Thinking about the empty store shelves we will soon see, I am feeling ever more grateful for my Buy Nothing group. I’ve received so much from my neighbors, from a tiny needle threader to a foldout couch for my office. Half my office
…Celebrating the Least Among Us.
Is it just me? What I keep hearing, seeing and foaming at the mouth about is the cult-like adoration of the few, the ones with extreme wealth and power, the ones who hold most of our wealth
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Back when I was writing Madness on the Brink of Eco-Apocalypse last year, I was mad, sad and apoplectic that we weren’t doing more to stanch the hemorrhaging of Earth’s dying life support systems.
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