Category Archives: SEPTEMBER 2019

We continue to hear about gun violence in the news. Almost daily, we hear about another mass shooting or new legislation for stricter gun laws, trying to get passed. Many teachers are now carrying guns and being given special training … Continue reading →

Where did this notion of trophies originate? When did it become fashionable to display an animal’s head on a wall – or even an entire body? Why does a man pride himself on the size of the fish that he … Continue reading →

I never watch the programs that are aired on The Weather Channel, depicting the doom and gloom of real and potential natural disasters. The urgency in the narrator’s voice is generally enough for me to want to turn off the … Continue reading →

We have numerous examples of symbiosis in Nature. In mutualistic symbiosis, both organisms benefit equally in their partnership. For example, plovers clean the teeth of crocodiles and in this seemingly altruistic act they are feeding themselves, from the food they … Continue reading →

In our modern world we have so many distractions. We have all heard the statement “Out of sight – out of mind”. After I had moved away, a friend of mine stopped communicating. My ego wanted to believe that she … Continue reading →

I recently watched a documentary, Gasland II, about the deleterious effects of fracking. This film was first aired in 2013. I have not seen part one and I was only made aware of the problem about four years ago. What … Continue reading →

The recent devastation by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas is only the beginning of the hurricane season. Are the naysayers at last waking up to the reality of climate change? Our biggest threats to life as we know it are … Continue reading →

We live by our stories. Our current emotional state is depicted by the stories that we have told ourselves about the events in our lives, or other’s lives. I ran across a quote by short story writer, Alice Munro. She … Continue reading →

Do you remember the Beatle’s song, With a Little Help from My Friends? And, Friends, by Elton John, from the movie by the same name? Our life would be meaningless without friends. We all need at least one good friend. … Continue reading →

Sometimes it seems like the big corporate giants that have control over our food, and pretty much everything in our daily lives, have puppet strings attached to consumers. Most people are oblivious to the manipulation of the marketing gurus, who … Continue reading →