Love me, love my dog Lassie. Julia McLean offers a hilarious and inspiring look at life with Border Collies.
A Just Assignment
I have always believed there had to be a special place for people who inflicted cruel harm on animals with a personal agenda as the justification. Recently I began to see there may be a correlation between the heartless and a certain member of the animal kingdom that helps make sense of a senseless world at times. And it’s a perfect solution.
A Slightly Immodest Proposal
There is a plague of government workers upon the land and we may have to turn to the 18th century essayist Jonathan Swift and his Modest Proposal for a solution. With apologies to Mr. Swift.
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright Part 2: Hunted to Death
Indian conservationists are losing the fight to save the royal Bengal tiger, according to researchers. Figures released in the past two years by conservation program Project Tiger indicate India’s tiger population has plunged to 1,411, less than half the 3,700 tiger population estimated in 2002, which included 1,500 living in protected sanctuaries. The decimation was […]
Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright: Part 1
It was the empty pair of shoes lying by the side of the dirt track which really bothered me. After all, this was Bandhavgarh National Park, which we were told has the highest density of tigers in India, and those lonely leather shoes were only a few hundred metres inside the main gate.
A Visit Home
In this evocative post, Hippy Urban Girl writes, “I want to return home even as I know that the home I want to return to is gone, evaporated into the cycle of death, returned to the earth, the sand and becoming a part of a different story carved out of a piece of driftwood.”
Simplifying, Stage 3: Persistence
In Part 3 of his series on simplifying life, Lorne Daniel draws the connection between the persistence of long distance runners and the persistence required by humans to make significant changes in the way we live.
Who Stole The Night And With It, The Stars?
Ever since I was a young boy, I have loved the night sky. A favorite thing was to lie on my back, look up at all the stars and wonder if anyone else was up there, looking back at me. In my mind, I would trace out my own asterisms and give them goofy names. […]
Get in Touch with the Wild Side: Adventures in Australian Paradise
Kangaroos, koalas and the endangered fairy penguins are just some of the wild characters you’ll meet when you visit the wild side of Australia’s magical and exotic island paradise — Kangaroo Island.
Oil Spillage Equals Opportunity
Just who is reaping economic opportunities from the BP Deepwater Horizon Spill in the Gulf? Phyllis Wilson explores the fact that in every crisis there is opportunity, like it or not.
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