In Siberia aboard the Baikalo-Amourskaya-Magistral: Chapter 2
This entry is part 2 in the series In Siberia aboard the Baikalo-Amourskaya-MagistralElena at the bouffet I am aboard the train to Severobaikalsk, a city on the extreme north coast of the lake, to which I travel from Moscow on the only direct train, the number 92, whose advantage is to switch directly, without my having to change trains, onto the BAM More...
Small Town Sebastopol Sued by Giant CVS Pharmacy- Classic David vs. Goliath Story Continues
On Christmas Eve, when most were at home with family and friends or out-of-town, a summons was served at the Sebastopol City Hall. The giant CVS Pharmacy sued the City and its elected officials. Sebastopol’s More...
Guns, Violence And Death Vs. The Pursuit Of Life
The end of the world did not come as the Mayans predicted. But maybe the world is being chiseled away at slowly by greed and a self-centered me first attitudes. That illness has been a plague on the earth since More...
Of Women and Men
Women might want to read this and men might prefer not. This comment of mine is full of generalization, but I shall not apologies for that, nor the English spelling. Women go through excruciating pain in giving More...
Ask EcoGirl’s Nov. Column: Everyday Green: A Pop Quiz
Most folks that I talk with really do want to be green and walk gently on the earth. But we can get busy with our lives, and maybe a little overwhelmed by all the options and issues. So in this month’s Ask More...
Prop. 37 & What you can do now about GMOs
I’m so glad that California Prop. 37 (GMO labeling) has alerted more folks to the issue of the experimental GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms) currently being put into our foods. This is an issue More...
Truth-O-Meters and Lies
There is a new iPhone app called “Settle It!”, applicable for US politics. It is used to resolve dinner-table arguments by checking political facts with PolitiFact. PolitiFact runs a website dedicated More...
Introvert vs. Extrovert
In recent times we have heard Susan Cain speak, in the TED video of the Power of Introverts. She has also written a book entitled “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can’t Stop Talking“. More...
