Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! LIFESTYLE/PETS Have we reached Peak Dog in our cities? August 26 is National Dog Day. In New York State, it’s the law: WHEREAS, National Dog Day honors dogs by giving them “a day” to show deep […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! ENVIRONMENT Revenge of the goldfish! Dumped pets growing into giant monsters Who doesn’t love the idea of releasing the poor goldfish, who has spent his life swimming around in bowl-shaped circles, into the great wet wild? The […]

  Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! SUSTAINABILITY Gorillas, Rhinos, Lions and More Will Soon Be Extinct A report by 43 wildlife experts warns that without changes now, many of Earth’s most iconic species will be lost forever…Read Full Article From Treehugger SPIRITUALITY […]

by Carolyn Pogue Feeding creativity and spirituality may help to solve our problems. This posting originally appeared on the United Church Observer’s website at ucobserver.org/pogue_blog/ .    Danah Cox is a Renaissance man. Gifted artist, minister, storyteller, chef and computer wizard. And he’s in the throes of starting a new thing at St. Andrews Centre […]

Each week, we bring you interesting stories from around the web. Here’s what caught our eye this week! RELIGION The Dinner Table Taboo Americans Would Rather Break Of the two subjects most likely to be banned from the dinner table, most Americans would rather talk about politics than God. Yet Christians are split on whether […]