…and then eat him. (Puffball!) Also found: my first-ever foraged Hen of the Woods a.k.a. maitake (about 7 pounds): I will dehydrate them and then eat them too! We had a megaton of rain over the weekend and that with the unseasonable warmth has produced an extended season and a bumper crop. Thank you, rain! …
Faunasphere: Thank you TripAdvisor! Edition
Some fantastic news, last week, from TripAdvisor: TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel site, today announced its commitment to launch a set of industry-leading actions, including changes to its policy on selling tickets to animal attractions, and the launch of a new education portal to help inform travelers about the standards of care for wild, captive, …
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Welcome to Gilead
Like many of you, perhaps, I have been literally appalled at the GOP for decades. And every time I reach a kind of equilibrium, they appall me worse and I have to readjust. But this business of repealing the 19th Amendment? That’s on a whole new dark and disturbing level. I can barely find the …
Climate Change Silence = Death
I’m just gonna leave these here: 1) Here’s a Democracy Now discussion of how TV networks promote climate change denial by routinely omitting mention of climate change when covering extreme weather events like Hurricane Matthew, despite the fact that climate change is widely regarded as causing / exacerbating said events. (Also, by not asking a …
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day
Good news from USA Today, of all places: “Support grows for Indigenous Peoples Day amid Columbus Day criticism.” Perhaps as for many of you, it was Howard Zinn’s wonderful and essential A People’s History of the United States that opened my eyes to the atrocities committed by Columbus and his sailors. From the relevant chapter: …
Emergency Preparations for Companion Animals
In the last thread Mel gave some great advice re our furred, feathered, and other family members: It helps to have a kitty carrier in an easily accessible spot, and to have supplies in your emergency kit for your furry family members, as well. Single use cans of a favorite, familiar pet food (easy to …
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Surviving Hurricanes and Other Unthinkables
This seems like a good time to recommend Amanda Ripley’s excellent book The Unthinkable, which examines why (and how) some people survive catastrophes and others don’t. She examines 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, a hotel fire, a stampede at Mecca, and the Virginia Tech mass shooting, among other incidents. It’s a fascinating book, and also hugely practical. …
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