Tag: New Zealand

Ethical Eating: Hold the Calamari!

We are the middle of Fairtrade Fortnight here in the U.K.  Two weeks set aside to raise shoppers' consciousness.  Meanwhile, it's estimated 40% of the squid served up on U.S. dinner plates comes from the work of modern-day slaves working on boats in New Zealand fishing waters.  People rave about calamari, but I've never been... Continue Reading →

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Why Spammers are Worse than SOPA…cleverly disguised spam a total time-waster.

I received a comment a few days ago that confused me, so I didn't publish it.  It looked like Spam, yet was about causes I support, so I didn't delete it. Then this morning I sat down to give my blog some sorely needed attention and found myself starting an email to the person who... Continue Reading →

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Writing with Not For the Faint Hearted

I attended a writing session Monday evening with local group Not for the Faint Hearted.  Organized by James Burt and Ellen DeVries this session was facilitated by James. James presented the group - we were about 15 - with a series of images as prompts.  Writing times were limited to 5 minutes, 3 minutes, 2... Continue Reading →

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