In 2014, at the age of thirty-one, I was told that I might soon have serious difficulty walking. For months, my body had been sending me signals I did not understand. I experienced numbness, vertigo, falls, loss of coordination, difficulty reading, disorientation, bladder problems, and other neurological symptoms. I would walk down the street and…
“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” ~Toni Morrison, Beloved My father was on the other side of my bedroom door, banging hard on it with the flat of his hand, screaming at me to get back to the table and finish my plate. I told him there was no way I was going…
“Being easy to please is often mistaken for having no needs at all.” ~Unknown We’d been together four years when my husband turned to me in the car and asked, completely out of nowhere, “What’s your favorite color?” I laughed, assuming he was joking. He wasn’t. “I’m serious,” he said. “I realized I don’t actually…
When I was little, I often felt as though I lived in two completely different worlds. My parents’ home was like an ice castle. Everything looked beautiful. Everything was orderly. Everything appeared exactly as it was supposed to. But it was cold. My mother rarely let me do what I genuinely wanted to do. Instead,…
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Is epoxy resin safe? The handmade resin boom has brought industrial polymer chemistry into home workshops. We look at resin jewelry, coasters, tumblers, serving boards and the health risks of uncured epoxy. The post Is resin safe? The hidden chemical risks behind epoxy crafts and handmade products appeared first on Green Prophet.
Germany has built the world’s tallest wind turbine at nearly 1,200 feet. What does going this high mean for wind power, wildlife, aviation, residents and Europe’s energy security? The post The world’s tallest wind farm could turn into double decker turbines appeared first on Green Prophet.
