by Carolyn M. Crane | Apr 12, 2011 | Community, Education, Sustainability |
Each May for many years now, Nevada City resident Mary Moore has donated one of her handmade quilts to the North San Juan Fire Auxiliary’s Scotch Broom Breakfast raffle. A nationally known quilting queen and artisan, Moore is incredible unassuming and humble...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Mar 28, 2011 | Education, Essays, Polemics, Politics
“And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds Are immune to your consultations They’re quite aware of what they’re going through” –David Bowie For a few weeks now, in response to the union crisis in the Midwest,...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Feb 22, 2011 | Essays, Polemics
February 22, 2011 Nevada City “I’m a woman, not a corporation.” Alice DiMecele I thought of DiMecele today as I tried to find out the actual source of Rachel Maddow’s claim that Wisconsin started the year with a huge surplus. Jeff...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Feb 6, 2011 | Abbey Country, Essays, Farmers Markets, Sustainability
February 6, 2011 Downtown Portland, Oregon This last week, traveling in one day from Sierra Vista, Arizona to Portland, Oregon was a bit like stepping from Edward Abbey’s Good News into Ernest Callenbach’s Ecotopia. On each count this is an...
by Carolyn M. Crane | Feb 2, 2011 | Abbey Country, Essays, Mining, Polemics, Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival |
by Carolyn Crane Pima County, Arizona Last Saturday, I found myself on the old Thurber Ranch outside Sonoita, Arizona, listening to a presentation about a proposed open pit copper mine. The site-coordinator, Dennis Fischer, gave an excellent presentation. He is truly...
