Dear Friend, The country is in real trouble right now, with unemployment spiraling out of control. President Obama’s stimulus plan provides money to expand unemployment assistance. But a group of Republican governors, led by Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal, is trying to score political points by blocking that assistance from reaching the people who need it. It’s [...]

I have been so upset lately over what is going on in Iran. There is no excuse whatsoever for any government to disallow it’s constituents to speak their voices. We ALL have the right to assemble, protest, and speak our opinions about our leaders. The leaders should work for the people, not the other way [...]

Finding the way home.

Banana peels, coffee grounds, crushed eggshells, plant matter, tea bags, vegetable scraps … all of these go back to nature easily (thank god) but they can serve you by becoming soil if you compost them. Even if you don’t garden, composting is better than sending stuff to the landfill. Basically, this is how it works: [...]