Anzia Yezierska quote – To start a movement
“It takes six simpletons and one zealot to start a movement.” – Anzia Yezierska
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Poem – Insomnia (By Chanacee Ruth-Killgore)
Insomnia The house sleeps, but I am awake, tiptoeing back through my day. So many pieces left lying about, I want to fix them all. They’re too distant though, just beyond my fingertips, yet, squarely between me and my dreams.
Read moreElephant’s Best Friend
■ Dogs are supposed to be man’s best friend, but a black Labrador has become the inseparable pal of an elephant living in a Myrtle Beach, S.C., safari park. The 32-year-old pachyderm Bubbles has formed a bond with Bella, a 6-year-old dog abandoned at the preserve by a contractor hired to build a pool there. Bubbles has learned to throw […]
Read morePoem – June Poem (By Danny P. Barbare)
All I need is a drop of dew and the shade of cherry tree to think to think a lovely thought.
Read moreVines strangle carbon storage in tropical forests
Tropical forests account for a third of the total carbon fixed by photosynthesis. Lianas’ increasing abundance may be driven by changing climate, increased disturbance or by more severe seasonal drought. By reducing the ability of tropical forests to accumulate and store carbon released through burning fossil fuels, lianas could cause a positive feedback loop, accelerating climate change. “This study has […]
Read moreOctopus on Parade
In Ceredigion, UK a parade of dozens of octopus decided to come out of the sea and land on a Welsh beach where they alarmed some beach goers. These octopus measured at least 20 inches in length. Some of the people decided to put the octopus back in the water and noticed that some of them had washed up on […]
Read moreCartoon – Scene From A Dinner On Elm Street
Cartoon – Cut Your Own Christmas Tree
Cartoon – Thinking Ahead
Capitalism – Confronting and Constructing a Culture
By Evo Morales, President of Bolivia – Jan 24, 2013 Sisters, brothers: The world is being hit by a world-wide multiple crisis that is manifested in a climate, financial, food, institutional, cultural, ethical and spiritual crisis. This crisis indicates to us that we are living in the final days of capitalism and unbridled consumerism; that is, of a model […]
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