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I Just Gave Myself the Willies
Have you ever heard of the Hidebehind?
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Soylent Green? Maybe Not!
Renewed hope for the planet, if not for humanity.
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Hug a Tree Right Now
We need to dwell amongst trees.
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Emily Carr, Canadian Modernist
Emily Carr (1871-1945) is one of Canada’s most renowned artists. I am embarrassed to say that I’d never heard of her until I stumbled upon a permanent collection of her work at the Vancouver Art Gallery a few years ago. I’m so glad I did. It keeps me coming back. She was a native of…
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Scary Nature
Anyone who watches PBS even sporadically knows that the early Europeans who settled the Americas were downright terrified of the natural world. At first their settlements clung to shorelines and they kept the dense forests, full of unknown creatures and other, incomprehensible humans, to their backs, behind fortifications whenever possible. Swamps, deserts, and high mountain…