Dawn Kane Writes

The dogs announced the landing of the plastic wrapped package on my doorstep. Used shoes. In terms of limiting my impact on the planet,...

When Lee and I moved into our Penn Wynne home, we were delighted to have a little postage stamp of a backyard and looked forward to enjoying the long days of summer outside. One of the first things we did was to fill the space with trees and perennials, creating as we soon came to find out, a perfect haven for mosquitoes. Of course, we reached for the topical repellents first, but as I'm sure you have experienced, mosquitoes have a knack for finding that unprotected patch of

On March 28th, the day when many came together and protested in Philadelphia, the sun came out and folks seemed so determined to bring about change. In Minneapolis,   the flagship event, Bruce Springsteen performed a solo version of The Streets of Minneapolis . He described the bravery of the city's citizens and how they increased their strength by standing up for one another. Many of us are listening. Jen McCool, a friend, protested in North Charleston, SC and said she does

Between the threat to our elections by the federal government, the illegal ICE raids, the rollbacks on environmental protection and health insurance—not to mention the chaos inflicted on businesses by our president's arbitrary economic whims, I couldn't imagine I could write anything helpful in this blog, but then I read this: "...it takes around 3.5% of the population actively participating in the protests to ensure serious political change ."  — Erica Chenoweth, a political