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How Covid Sequestering Helped Acquaint Me with Our Insistent Outdoor Pets

July 8, 2021 dcvance99 2 Comments

Maybe during Covid I became a little too insular. Actually, I might’ve become a little too much a part of…

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Posted in: Environment Filed under: birds, nature, sequestering

Is It Possible for Animals to Violate Each Other’s Rights?

May 1, 2021 dcvance99 2 Comments

Probably everyone knows we communicate nonverbally, though maybe not everyone knows exactly what we’re communicating. Stories are plentiful about travelers…

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Posted in: Environment, Personal musings, Social Justice Filed under: birds, nature

What’s So Scary about Those Noises in the House?

February 10, 2021 dcvance99

You know that feeling after you’ve watched a horror movie and your ears are attuned to every little noise in…

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Posted in: Environment, Personal musings Filed under: house noises, wildlife

Who says acting like animals is a bad thing?

January 31, 2021 dcvance99 2 Comments

I’m fortunate to live next to an urban woods and seeing a lot of wildlife. I also have occasion to…

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Posted in: Environment, Social Justice

Where’s the Most Colorful Friendly Indoor Track?

January 23, 2021 dcvance99 5 Comments

I come from a long line city-folk who didn’t grow their own food but went grocery shopping. Daughter of a…

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Posted in: Environment, Personal musings Filed under: Family, memoir, women

How Do You Like That Plastic With Your Dinner?

January 6, 2021 dcvance99

When St. Louis Bread Factory opened nearby, my dad became so delighted to bring home fresh loaves of bread that…

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Posted in: Environment Filed under: environment

How Many Heroic Cows Do You Know Of?

December 11, 2020 dcvance99

How many times has a cow been offered the key to the city by the mayor? Or offered a mascot…

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Posted in: Environment, Personal musings Filed under: animal rights, heroic animals

What Random Truth Does the Pandemic Year Challenge?

November 12, 2020 dcvance99 4 Comments

The drama among the Spring Grove swans, gliding tranquilly on their spring-fed lakes, has reached Shakespearean levels. Where this drama…

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Posted in: Environment, Personal musings Filed under: Relationships

What’s Paradoxical about Shark Squalene?

October 11, 2020 dcvance99 2 Comments

the paradox is that while we can cure humans by killing sharks, we’ll simultaneously damage large parts of the oceans’ ecosystems, leading to the type of situation that brought us Covid. Maybe the fish we eat will carry disease, or maybe the water itself.

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Posted in: Environment, Personal musings Filed under: ecosystem, legislation, ocean

Can You Live Without a Fridge?

September 25, 2020 dcvance99

Rescuing food from the dead refrigerator sent me into a reverie. At age 19, I went to live in Italy…

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Posted in: Environment, Memoir & Memories, Personal musings Filed under: carbon footprint, surviving Covid

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