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 →
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 →
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 →