01/03/25 Saturday Sadie has been here for one week today. Tedi, from Great Spirit Animal Sanctuary texted me yesterday to ask how it was going with the new adoption, and that reminded me that she might not be the only person curious to know. Read more at https://www.lifstrand.com/stories-stuff/critters/
I just created a new sub-page on my website, a menu item under the Stories & Stuff tab, called Critters. (See navigation column) Rather than blog about the critters – my housemates, barn critters, and wildlife – my plan is to keep all my primarily critter-related posts on one page…. Continue reading
This year I resolve to make no New Year’s resolutions. Why bother? Either I’m going to do the things or I’m not – and if I am, I don’t need to make any special resolutions about them, much less… oh wait. That first sentence is a resolution, isn’t it. Yeah,… Continue reading
This is information about what you can do if you test positive for COVID. It may improve your chances of a full recovery and lower your long COVID risk. The short version is to immediately begin taking both a h1 (Claritin, Allegra, Zyrtec) and h2 (Pepcid) antihistimine (available OTC) as… Continue reading
Prepare to be outraged. I am just going to put it right out there: I am not in love with two kittens in my house right now. This isn’t my first kitten rodeo. At one point in the last twenty-five years I accidentally had something like a dozen kittens of… Continue reading
There’s research for a specific purpose and there’s research for the sheer joy of learning something new. Those of us who love both kinds get lost down the rabbit hole of links leading to anywhere and everywhere. Start with one little factoid, end up on the other side of the… Continue reading
It’s been so damn hot for far too long. I know, I know, it’s a dry heat. I don’t care – any heat sucks the energy right out of me. Makes me long to take a siesta, though if I dare do that I won’t sleep that night. Makes it hard… Continue reading
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I am sharing here a mildly edited post that I submitted to a private group, about how to be the change that we want to see. I’ve been asked for permission to share it. I’m okay with that but since the post was written specifically for that group, I felt… Continue reading
It All Started In Africa, by Dexter K. Oliver, will be published soon in regular columns he contributes to in Arizona newspapers. He writes about the danger of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act“, which gives the wealthiest 1% even more tax breaks and less regulation, adds to our unpayable… Continue reading