The Florida water crisis can no longer be ignored. The economic balance of the Florida Everglades has recently been thrown off due to expanding agricultural and residential development in the region. Skyrocketing development throughout Florida’s east coast has shrunk the Everglades to half its original size from the start of the twentieth century. This has […]
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Asian carp have invaded the Great Lakes, pushing out other species in whatever area they choose to establish their territory. These invasive carp are currently approaching Lake Michigan on their ravaging journey, threatening to bring extinction to most (if not all) of the lake’s natural species of fish. Needless to say, this problem concerns nearly
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Parents pose you for Facebook and Instagram as they did after your first oatmeal-spattered funny-faced e-scrapbook close-up way back in pre-9/11 America. Dressed regally in tuxedo and tulle Boy’s bowtie carefully matched to girl’s gown. Like a pricey pubescent pram, a rented limousine whisks you away to a Disney Prince and Princess fête that bores
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Promised a friend I’d help him move last week, Showed up early thinking to beat the heat. Stepped through the door and wedged myself inside, Saw two cats; the little black ran to hide. Staring from the hiding place, green eyes just say no But the big gray puffball rubs my leg hello Never been
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When most people think of masks, they think of parties, but the tradition of a “death mask,” or a mask cast after someone’s death, has a much more morbid, yet historical meaning. Death masks capture every wrinkle, hair, and pore in a final record of a person’s life. They are in some ways the best,
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On a Trip to See Fall Leaves, September 2015 (for my husband) So it’s settled then. Some fall day I’ll come back here venture up a granite hill scatter the ashes of you, three golden retrievers, a first wife I never knew at this place so aptly named. I’ll look across to acknowledge the silent