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Famine #50: Just a Dream
Hola, Weekend Writing Warriors, friends, and followers! It’s my anniversary weekend. Mr. Pierce and I have been married for seventeen years. (At least one of us deserves sainthood for that.) So… more →
Stalking Fiction: Monica Enderle Pierce
How a book gets written
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wrote 11 hours ago: Okay, so this isn’t, like, step-by-step instructions detailing how I go about concocting all t … more →
Environmental justice and the Irish potato blight famine of 1845
wrote 14 hours ago: There’s news coverage to day of the discovery of the pathogen strain that was involved of the … more →
We act against our well being
wrote 20 hours ago: Listening to a “This American Life” episode this morning, focusing on global warming. Th … more →
Scientists discover cause of Famine
wrote 23 hours ago: Scientists in Germany have found the disease they believe to be one of the causes of the Great Famin … more →
America, 2012 (Also Know As: Something to do with the direct plot)
wrote 1 day ago: America 2012 “My, my, my, this is a surprise. What have I done to bring you here?” Disease’s eyes we … more →
Forgotten Misery
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wrote 1 day ago: It stood alone in the barren plain. Since I was a child, my mother had wondered what the structure … more →
On the Trail of a Tall Ship
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wrote 1 day ago: Pam Eddy at the Jeannie Johnson tall ship. I found more photos from our adventure to visit the Jeann … more →
Famine in Somalia
wrote 1 day ago: “How a [2011] famine killed 130 000 kids in Somalia” article by The Week … more →
Food crises in Niger, Sahel
wrote 1 day ago: From the website: “WFP has teamed up with Unicef to buy food from local farmers and to offer a … more →
Tears Over Tel Aviv
wrote 1 day ago: It was Saturday evening about fifty minutes before dusk. The old synagogue was almost three-quarters … more →
The Mounting Imperatives of 21st Century Agrarianism: Farms & Food Face Fundamental Forces
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wrote 1 day ago: The elemental wherewithal of our farms and our food is in motion. Whirlwinds of change bear upon our … more →
National Famine Memorial - Westport, County Mayo, Ireland
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wrote 2 days ago: This is a photo by Conor McKeown, taken in Westport, County Mayo, Ireland, at the foot of Croagh Pat … more →
No place like home
wrote 2 days ago: Television brings some grim scenes into our lounges. Feet up, munching a sandwich, we stare at war, … more →
So You Thought The US Drought Was Over?
wrote 2 days ago: Have you heard that the US drought is over and the US Department of Agriculture is predicting a reco … more →
Cost of Disasters Undercounted; Acceleration Underestimated?
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wrote 2 days ago: The true cost of disasters on a global scale has been underestimated by half – for a total of … more →
Artists For Africa - We Are The World
wrote 2 days ago: Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie wrote this 1985 supergroup song which sold about 20 million copies … more →
வறண்டு போச்சே
wrote 2 days ago: மாதம் மும்மாரி பெய்த மழை எங்கே? ஊருக்கே சோறுடைத்த சோழவள நாடு எங்கே? பொங்கி வரும் காவிரியில் த … more →
Irish History - Pre Famine 1842 - Land Lease Glenageary Dublin
wrote 3 days ago: Lease dated 22 Sept 1842. From Hon. Sir Hercules Robert Packenham to John Aylmer, Esquire Lease of a … more →
Famine #50: Just a Dream
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wrote 3 days ago: Hola, Weekend Writing Warriors, friends, and followers! It’s my anniversary weekend. Mr. Pierc … more →
