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Baby African Violets waiting to be separated from their mother leaves; photo by Sheila Velazquez.

The need to nurture: We all need somebody, or something, to love

August 11, 2019

Gardeng & Plants·News·Sheila Velazquez

What typically comes to mind when we hear the word “nurture” is a mother holding a baby. But nurturing is not a

Confessions of a prepper: Freeze it, dry it

August 7, 2019

Food & Drink·Sheila Velazquez

There are a few things everyone can do to be more food secure, including learning how to plant a simple garden that

Mashup: Bangladeshi children; photo by Sadman Chowdhury; Antarctic Penguins on icefloe; photo by Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Climate Catastrophe: Why isn’t the poster child an actual child?

July 15, 2019

Columns·Sheila Velazquez

While the mainstream media feeds us a daily slop of pablum about the foibles of the president and the clown car of

Photograph: Public water fountain. Newly installed public water fountains in high traffic/athletic areas grant near luxury-level access to the most basic of human needs; photo by Sheila Velazquez.

Water, water, everywhere
Nor any drop to drink

June 16, 2019

Columns·Sheila Velazquez

The title is a line from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, spoken by a sailor surrounded by

Mannequins doing their best to incite consumer desire; photo by George Shervashidze, from Pexels

To buy or not to buy, that is the question: Wary shoppers slow retail sales

June 2, 2019

Columns·Fashion·Sheila Velazquez

Quarterly financial reports often portend the future. The retail apparel numbers are out for the first quarter of 2019, and they aren’t

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