Art & Action in St. Louis

Debbie Njai Photoofportrait Small

Missouri Coalition for the Environment is bringing Americans Who Tell the Truth to St. Louis! The opening reception will be held at The Gallery, 17081 N Outer 40 Road on Friday, August 4, 2023, 6 pm – 9 pm.  Artist Robert Shetterly will unveil his new portrait of Debbie Njai, founder of Black People Who Hike. […]

Sacrifice Zones, Kids & Money

Environmental Health Hazard

Not too many years ago, if I heard the term “sacrifice zone,” I thought it might refer to an area where rebellious people were executed, a place where a totalitarian state or group of fanatical fundamentalists lined its victims up against a wall. Or I envisioned an altar where a goat or a girl was killed […]

Exuberant Whales and Frantic Turtles

Rachel Carson Awtt Portrait

My son and his wife live in Mexico. Gail and I hadn’t seen them in a long time and had never been to the town they moved to four years ago. If one is able, it’s rarely a bad idea to get out of Maine in late February. We flew to Mexico City where they […]

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