lake street peace bridge "name change"

The sign has changed on the Lake Street bridge, Minneapolis, from the "Sri Chinmoy Peace Bridge" to the "Mississippi River National Park Service." The sign marks the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. It's cool that they are recognizing a "park" or "natural area" but they could have left a sign up recognizing that this is considered the "peace bridge." Peace activists hold a weekly vigil on the bridge every Wednesday.

sand dunes forest, solstice

On summer solstice we ran away from the city and spend a night in the woods. The weather on the longest day of the year was beautiful. At night, the moonless sky was clear and filled with stars. These are some photos of Sand Dunes State Forest, MN.

dowling garden, minneapolis

Last weekend we visited the Dowling Garden to see what was growing and to get some ideas. I'm learning that raised bed gardening is a good idea.

Raised bed greens

Raised bed strawberries

Giant onions or leeks, beautiful!

rnc marketing to kids

I'm speechless. The RNC is marketing crap to kids. The elephant looks frightened. I don't care how cute their toys are I'm still protesting the RNC.

anti choice group plans to protest the pill

Are you kidding me? Get a fucking life! A protest against the "Pill." The American Life League plans to plans to protest clinics across the country on Saturday, June 7th, against the birth control pill. The Feminist Daily newswire reported.

The anti-contraception group American Life League (ALL) plans to protest clinics across the country on Saturday, June 7th. The protests are a part of ALL’s so-called "The Pill Kills" campaign, which falsely claims that birth control pills are abortifacients and detrimental to women’s health. June 7th marks the 43rd anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut, the landmark 1965 Supreme Court decision that gave women the right to birth control.

Dr. Dana Stone, a board-certified OB/GYN who practices in Oklahoma City, outlines the medical inaccuracy and political motivations of the misleading campaign on Feministing.com. "ALL's work has absolutely nothing to do with medical accuracy or maternal or fetal health. What we're seeing here is just the latest round in a grudge match that's been going on since 1965... We now face fringe movements trying to turn a woman's egg into a baby, birth control pills into a form of abortion, and all forms of contraception into murder. Call it nostalgia for the good old days, when men were men, sex was unspeakable, and women lived in fear of unintended pregnancies," writes Dr. Stone.

Media Resources: Feministing.com 6/2/08, 6/6/08; American Life League, and anti-contraception group, plans to protest clinics across the country on Saturday, June 7th."

The Pill doesn't kill babies, war does. Why don't they protest the war? It seams like they don't give a shit about that. They just want to control women's bodies. The conservative right has no control over my body. If I want to take the pill, I will, so will millions of other women. All I have to say to these people is, "Get a fucking life, really." Do they care about poor children that are dying around the world? Or just American "babies?" Thousands of children have been murdered in Iraq by the U.S. military. It would be better if they put their efforts in to feeding poor children around the world. They should work to stop the war in Iraq, to stop all war. Women and children suffer the most in war. Do something that can make a difference, not bitch about ill conceived notions of the Pill.

Do they even now what birth control pills do? Not all women take the pill for birth control but to treat ovarian cysts. Are they baby killers too? Am I a baby killer if I'm on the pill? Once again I say to these folks, "Get a fucking life."

What's next a protest on Viagra? I would love to see that.

Resources
No, Virginia, the Pill does NOT "Kill": How the Latest Anti-Roe Strategy Misleads Women
Pro-Lifers' Plan National Protest of Contraception
fruitcakes gone wild

shop local, shop the vagary

The Vagary is possibly the best place to buy native plants and herbs in the Twin Cities. I've been buying plants from them for years and every plant has thrived. Nancy will give you all the info you need on how to plant and maintain your plants from the Vagary. They sell plants at the St. Paul Farmers Market on weekends through mid-July.

giant silk moth

Christian found a male Polyphemus moth in the front yard, in the ferns. This moth was huge, about six inches across. It's much more impressive in person than in a photo.

polyphemus moths
butterflies and moths of north america