Here is what we found interesting this week! CAREERS Coolest Job Ever: Globetrotting Biologist and Tour Leader Traveling the world, Sentman takes small groups of people (“voluntourists” with Oceanic Society) everywhere from remote atolls in the middle of the Pacific Ocean to wildlife reserves in Kenya.…Read Full Article From Treehugger ECONOMY Tough Times, Even Higher […]

This Week, Here is What Caught Our Eye! SPACE Space Shuttle Endeavour’s Final Journey Adds a Day The crowds that cheered the shuttle on Saturday changed their tune after a night of hassles that left the Endeavour still blocking L.A. traffic and threatening trees early.…Read Full Article From NPR: The Two-Way SPIRITUALITY A Prayer for […]

by Susan McCaslin When I was first invited to write a series of blogs based on my Wood Lake book, Arousing the Spirit, I was reluctant to blog on my own writing. What I had to say is already there in the book, I thought, so what’s the point? Yet reflecting on what I wrote […]

 Here’s what caught our eye this week! ENVIRONMENT Three-Fourths of Americans Now Think Climate Change Is Influencing the Weather So, after a year marked by record breaking heat, massive wildfires, and drought that consumed 60% of the nation, almost three quarters of Americans now recognize…Read Full Article From Treehugger LAW Cyclist Fined $ 1,555 For […]

Our new neighbors next door planted a flower garden in the spring. Their flowers grew, but so did the “volunteer” sunflowers that our previous neighbors had planted the year before. And now we glory in their ecstatic, erotic effulgence. So also do the bees and flies and butterflies and bugs, that farm these flowers. More […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! HEALTH An Apple a Day Significantly Helps the Heart, Study Finds Few fruits have the same mystique as the apple, which is curious given its ubiquitous presence in our lives. Now it turns out that Aphrodite’s favorite […]