Tag Archives: Elizabeth Maginnis
A Victory for Clean Water
At least for now. My local paper reported this morning that the New York State Assembly has voted in a bill placing a 2-year moratorium on hydrofracking the Utica and Marcellus Shale formations to allow officials enough time to study … Continue reading
Therapy Dog Brings Joy to Special Needs Kids
This morning my local newspaper ran a story about therapy dogs, specifically one therapy dog who is making a difference at a local elementary school where many of the students are special needs kids who also suffer from social and … Continue reading
Conscious Capitalism
Two things wake me up on a workday morning: a good cup of coffee and MSNBC’s Morning Joe news program. Today was no exception. I had never heard the term “conscious capitalism” before this morning’s show. The hosts interviewed Whole … Continue reading
Have We Forgotten our Relationship with Nature?
Traditional societies have long harmonized their lives with the patterns and processes of Nature, building a spiritual relationship with the Earth that acknowledges the interconnectedness of all things. Nothing exists in a vacuum, after all. We in the commercialized world … Continue reading
Thanksgiving
My life is full of blessings, and not of the material kind. Mine are of the kind that truly matter: love, friendship, family (two- and four-legged members), a roof over my head, the sun in the sky … These are … Continue reading
Walkability
I’ve been reading the chapter on walkable communities in HRH The Prince of Wales’ book Harmony. In it, he talks about the town of Poundbury in SW England, which planners designed in a spiral pattern of individual mixed-use mini villages … Continue reading
I Remember
the beautiful fall morning as I rode the bus to work. the ordinariness of the day. the disbelief and horror at the news. How could that be? Planes crashing into the World Trade Center? the Pentagon? One hijacked plane … Continue reading
Please Don’t Hurt the Elephants
I’ve been researching elephant tourism for a client for the past few months. What an eye opening experience! I never knew how brutally elephants are treated in Southeast Asia. Mothers and babies are routinely separated so their owners can sell … Continue reading
Summer’s Waning …
During the middle of last week, I noticed a subtle shift in the weather. Not much, mind you, but it felt as though someone had flipped a switch. There was something in the air … The lowering angle of the … Continue reading
Summer Memories
Today is the type of summer day that I long for during our cold and snowy Western New York winters (the winter just past notwithstanding): hot and humid and a strong breeze with the promise of heat-generated thunderstorms in the … Continue reading
