Archive for October, 2009

tragic coyote attack in Nova Scotia park

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

HALIFAX, N.S. – A young Canadian folk singer who had just set off on a solo tour to boost a promising musical career died Wednesday after being mauled by two coyotes in what is believed to be one of the country’s first fatal attacks by the animals.

Full story by Alison Auld, The Canadian Press

Turtle Blogathon

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

From the Turtle Conservation Centre in Terengganu, Malaysia comes this urgent and interesting call for support. Please do check out the website, which is full of information, news articles, and video clips. Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about turtles! And more importantly, opportunities to get involved! Adopt a terrapin! (100 ringgit is about 30 Canadian dollars.) Please send the link to anyone you know who might be interested.

For additional background information and some photographs, one of my earlier posts refers to a similar project that I was involved in, at the same place.

stones and elevators

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

A lot to write, but too little time at the moment to write it . . . here is the link to a short poem of mine that just appeared on A Handful of Stones . . .