Jack Burns Lives!

It’s abnormally warm for January, even in the Mississippi Delta. A smiling, puppet-like weatherman on the tee-vee proclaims it’s 64 degrees, and goes on to say that he “hopes it stays this way till spring.” An unhealthy, perpetual spring where bears never know when to sleep or when to rise. Flowers bloom too early, only [...]

Let your guard down for a minute, and this is what you get.
Thanks to some Republican meddling, closed door meetings and corporate influence (business as usual in the United States), the Organic Trade Association has successfully lobbied for significant changes to the Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA). In doing so, they “retained the allowance for [...]

While my hometown is busy building roads through designated natural areas, the town of Willits, California is doing something smart: preparing for the inevitability of Peak Oil. The citizens of Willits aren’t sitting around waiting on the guvment to bail ‘em out; they’re taking matters into their own hands in a perfect example of how [...]

Fall is without question my favorite time of the year, and one of the reasons is the high visability of my yard bird population. All of the animals are busy getting ready for winter, especially the chipmunks, of which I have several permanent residents. (regular patio visitor) The song birds have an easier [...]