AlannaSave Our Birds and Pollinators. Keep Neonics out of your Garden!It’s March and many of us are thinking about getting out into the garden. I recently read a blog post by author and native garden proponent…4 min read·Mar 7, 2024----
AlannaPlastics Recycling- The Big LiePlastic products became available in the late 1950s. I was born in 1953 and remember as a small child a milkman delivering milk in glass…3 min read·Feb 22, 2024----
AlannaComing Out as a Singer-Songwriter at 70We saw it on Facebook, the Winter Songwriter Soiree Winter Gathering at the Twin Rocks Retreat Center at Rockaway Beach, Oregon Jan. 12–13…4 min read·Feb 5, 2024----
AlannaMy Not -To- Do ListI have a not-to-do list. Why? Because it’s a daily battle for me not to get stuck in the productivity machine, a concept of western…2 min read·Jan 30, 2024----
AlannaThe Connection of Meat Consumption to Climate ChangeMost people when they think of Climate Change think of fossil fuels. Although that is the #1 cause there are numerous other significant…5 min read·Jan 13, 2024----
AlannaThe “Art” of Starting the New YearI love the New Year. Come Jan. 1, the world seems brighter. The expectations of the holidays are in the rearview mirror. It’s a time of…3 min read·Jan 6, 2024----
AlannaWelcoming the Winter Solstice 2023Longest night, shortest day of the year, the official start of winter, Dec.21. I could do without the celebration of Christmas and all its…2 min read·Dec 22, 2023----
AlannaBreaking the Creative Ice With a List / A Poem is BornI had this experience back in the early 1980s that I wanted to write about for years. I was living in a remote area of Alaska in a small…2 min read·Dec 11, 2023----
AlannaHow Sustainable is Your Bathroom Tissue?Here is an update on sustainable paper products courtesy of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Their first scorecard was…2 min read·Dec 1, 2023----
AlannaEight Reasons You Should Not Trade-in Your Gas Vehicle for an Electric CarYour aging gas guzzler is falling apart and you are considering trading it in for an electric or hybrid vehicle…2 min read·Jan 22, 2021----