LONDON – In five years we will have used up half of the reserves of crude oil. This is a very worrying prediction affirmed by Rob Hopkins, university teacher and founding father of a movement which is quickly spreading over the UK and Ireland; it is called "Transition Towns" (http://www.transitiontowns.org), its aim is to ban […]
Swallowing Goldfish
Sadness was what she feels, sadness welling up inside of her body as the car turns the corner and zooms along on its way. She feels too attached to the heart inside of the other car to see it go and not feel the tears stinging her large, brown eyes; to feel the lump rising in […]
Watching Watching Watching
It’s not that she’s depressed. She just always seems to think of sad things, right when she knows, knows, knows she OUGHT to feel elated, stunned into happiness by all the beauty that she sees. Whether it’s a small child laughing in the park, or the way the leaves look, all colors-ever-changing-green-to-yellow-to-red-to-brown, or the way the breeze […]
Neil Young – The Bridge To Ben
The Bridge to Ben This is a story of desire, a story of love and determination, and a story of inspiration, the desire is that of a Father, and his longing to communicate with his Son. There once was a boy named, Ben. Whose Father was a Rock and Roll Icon. A very busy man […]
Low Cost Technology Saves Poor
Most Zimbabweans – about 70 per cent of the population – live in rural areas and are engaged in smallholder agriculture. These smallholder farmers, particularly in the country’s low rainfall areas, are extremely food insecure and have little or no access to new technology. They suffer from low incomes and a generally low standard of living, […]
March Snows, April Mud Slinging, May Battles for Poll Position
As snow blanketed Dobbs Ferry in late March, it looked like nature was unfairly siding with the Democratic Committee. The very elements were mocking the nonpartisan idea (Republican) of an election in March. In February, the good Commissioner LaFayette (Democrat) had wisely canceled the referendum in March to move the election to March and spared […]