A bill too cruel to imagine viewed as a win in 2021 — but at what gain and cost? — On July 1st, likely one of the most heinous bills ever to be passed in legislation went into effect in Idaho. The bill permits hunters to kill, without any limit, Idaho’s wolves on sight — on public land, or private, with any firearm or motorized vehicle, during the day or…

Mr. Chouinard and Patagonia just showed us why — You’ve heard by now that Patagonia’s Founder and CEO gave away his entire $3 billion business to charities to fight climate change. While we have the less daring business people in our capitalist systems debating whether businesses and large corporations can do the right thing, some people who know are…

If we don’t get treated differently, why keep spending all the time and money avoiding it? — People argue about women’s gray hair, we never hear anything about graying old men. The discrimination is real. What happened to the Canadian news anchor, Lisa LaFlamme, is a public and true story we all witnessed. Still, we see the men behind it throwing smoke bombs. It wasn’t her hair…

Our knee-jerk reaction to politicians is costing us and our environment — A friend once ate two servings of mussels because I’d just told her I don’t eat mussels since they’d all been shown to have microplastics in them. It wasn’t so much that she liked mussels. It was because she didn’t like me. Whenever and wherever we were out eating in…

It’s been towering over us all this time — My father used to love reading local small-town newspapers. An apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, my favorite pass time is reading local and small town news online. Most days it’s just a relaxing read learning about a small town. …

We’re better than to keep feeding the game — Can we please stop reading angry and hate-filled articles? Our addiction to them is fueling the hate wildfire. We can’t hate the haters. Just like love is love, hate is hate. It’s not ok to hate, period. Our friends can have different thoughts. …

An unexpected encounter right on my deck — Most of the time, after work, I like to sit and write. I like being out on the deck if it’s not bone numbingly cold. This first year here, I created what turned out to be a colorful flower bed/container garden on the deck. The honeysuckle has been in bloom…

Woke up with the urge to write then it happened again — I opened my eyes this morning with a deep desire to write. I had the usual topics in my mind; our Ocean’s well-being and sharks were at the top of the list. Then my brain went into overdrive as usual. What’s the point? was loud. I got up and walked…