April 10th, 2007
Het women smugly say to Lesbians, “But you’re cutting yourselves off from half the human race!” They don’t realize that they’re the ones who cut themselves off from the greater number–females…Why should we need to explain that two and a half billion people–the numbers of females on Earth–are more than enough to relate to? […]
April 9th, 2007
Sandhill cranes flying in at sundown over the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge. (© aew 2007)
The hiatus has transformed, apparently, from a time of not blogging at all to a simple dearth of original blogging. This latter situation is likely to continue for a while, at least in this space. These past […]
“December. Mahlandia, Australia.
Here in Australia global warming has got so hot that we have ignited. In the last three weeks over 2 million acres of eucalyptus forest have gone up in smoke in the State of Victoria. It is summer here. And what a summer! The hottest and driest ever.
Having no dam water means we […]
April 8th, 2007
Please go and read this post and comment thread, and marvel. Then follow some of the links, maybe look up an author or two and read what they’ve written. I know I’m going to.
Thank you to AradhanaD for the tip.
April 7th, 2007
Fran at Rainbow’s End, writing in Maize: A Lesbian Country Magazine:
Oregon Women’s Land Trust’s property, Owl Farm, is facing a serious threat from energy companies and the US government. A natural gas pipeline right-of-way has been proposed through Owl Farm. It would require a 95′ wide clearcut for about 2,400 feet (almost a […]
April 6th, 2007
This creature is in my house.
Here I was, being all good and doing my chores, and I just happened to notice what looked like a very long thin black appendage weaving its questing way around the bottom of The Noam Chomsky Reader. I’m always in denial at first about any potential large creepy-crawly […]
Yesterday I found out that Pauline is in chronic renal failure. Cat people, and those who love us, will have some understanding of my state of mind in the last 24 hours. Pauline is, quite literally, my oldest friend. She’s been with me through many major life events including three relationships, nine […]
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April 5th, 2007
Though sometimes they pretend to like each other:
To this day girl prefers cats.
Horse’s preferences unknown.
Ask and you shall receive, SE.
EDITED TO ADD:
In spite of our unhappiness, we did have an odd, unappealing, sycophantic gnome as our servant, so it was not all bad.
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April 2nd, 2007
I don’t have the energy or the heart to do in-depth reviews of either of these films. They’re both worth seeing. I’m grateful to have an independent theater within biking distance where I can see films like this for $5.
An Unreasonable Man
This documentary addresses a lot of questions–the effectiveness of working within the […]
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