COVID-19 is making the rounds. This global chaos has shifted our sense of normalcy, with our public lives mostly cancelled or postponed. The ramifications may vary, though epidemiologists opine we are 10-14 days behind Italy, and if we want to see our future, we should look there. A global epidemic is upon us. We as […]
Carey Smith
In addition to freelance writing, Carey Smith also manages the Enos Park Neighborhood Gardens. She's a big fan of trees, prairies, board and card games, her family, and assorted nerd-out topics like soil science, archaeology and systems thinking. She loves living in the Enos Park neighborhood.
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You don’t seem autistic to me: The female experience
In the 1940s, it was believed that women could not be on the autism spectrum. In the 1980s, the ratio of men to women on the spectrum was 15:1. By 2015, that ratio was revised to 3:1, indicating behavioral science has progressively increased its ability to understand and detect how autism is expressed by women. […]
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GIOVANNA VANNINI FORSTALL Sept. 29, 1926 – Oct. 13, 2019
Ask friends and family what they remember most about Giovanna Forstall, and the answer will be her infectious laugh, her high energy, her religious devotion and her passion for justice and equality. Born in 1926 in the town of Banzyville in Congo (currently known as Mobayi-Mbongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo), Giovanna and her […]
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Planting seeds of what comes next
The Amazon burns, urged on by Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro, an elected official who is all-consuming, literally. I do not understand why we continue to elect Neros to positions of power, to lead us into destruction. How many times has our society been at this crossroads and chose to burn it down? Instead, we can […]
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Could your child be on the autism spectrum?
Sometimes the signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are subtle – developmental delays or not smiling or cooing as much as other babies. Sometimes the red flags are hard to ignore, such as losing speech, a lack of eye contact or lining up toys or pieces of food. According to information provided by Autism Support […]
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We need something better than blue bins
“I’ve got a funny feeling they got plastic in the afterlife…” – Beck Bruce Rushton’s article (“The blue badge of shame,” March 6) highlights a critical need for future-thinking. We present-day humans produce an unbelievable volume of waste – recyclable, compostable and otherwise. We have some halfhearted measures to handle this output, but sadly, the […]
