Month: January 2014

Leap into Darkness: Seven Years on the Run in Wartime Europe.

Leap into Darkness: Seven Years on the Run in Wartime Europe.

I’m really inspired by this story.

A harrowing, action-packed account of the author’s series of audacious escapes from the Nazis’ Final Solution–“riveting…a fascinating and moving piece of history” (Library Journal).Young Leo Bretholz survived the Holocaust by escaping from the Nazis (and others) not once, but seven times during his almost seven-year ordeal crisscrossing war-torn Europe. He leaped from trains, outran police, and hid in attics, cellars, anywhere that offered a few more seconds of safety. First he swam the River Sauer at the German-Belgian border. Later he climbed the Alps on feet so battered they froze to his socks–only to be turned back at the Swiss border. He crawled out from under the barbed wire of a French holding camp, and hid in a village in the Pyrenees while gendarmes searched it. And in the dark hours of one November morning, he escaped from a train bound for Auschwitz. Leap into Darkness is the sweeping memoir of one Jewish boy’s survival, and of the family and the world he left behind.

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Water and Supply Drive in Columbus, Ohio

West Virginia Water Crisis

Water at a Distribution Site in WV

I am so happy to announce that I am working with Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural & Environmental Sciences School of Environment & Natural Resources, Lauren Bates, and several others to organize a water and supply drive for the people affected by the West Virginia Water Crisis.

The state is no longer distributing safe, clean water even though we just learned that the water not only contains MCHM and PPH but formaldehyde, a carcinogen. You can view the most up-to-date news on the crisis here:

www.wchstv.com

www.wvgazette.com

You can view the video footage from the most recent water crisis Town hall meeting here (scroll to the bottom to view the footage in nine parts). I found Part 3 especially telling of the most recent and frightening developments.

Once we have supply drop-off locations and dates confirmed, I will update this post. I am also creating a static page so…

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The Truth about Water in West Virginia

West Virginia Water Crisis

The Winfield Locks and Dams

Over the last few weeks, West Virginians have been enmeshed in a water disaster that has become more and more devastating with each revelation of information about the chemicals spilled, the amount of chemicals spilled, the neglect of Freedom Industries and government regulatory agencies, and the blind-eye turned on us by most of the national media. To many the water crisis is “over” and was never really as significant as we make it out to be. According to them West Virginians should just go back to business as usual. But we know from hundreds of accounts of everything from (for now) minor illnesses, to protracted hospital stays, to the possibility of long-term health repercussions caused by the contaminated water; the severe economic devastation that even our governor now acknowledges and desperately pleads the federal government to save us from; and from the emotional trauma many of us experience…

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Totally Barkless…

The Dante Diaries

When two-leggeds are surprised they get speechless…when four-leggeds get surprised we get barkless…and this morning I was totally barkless when my friend, the lovely Misaki passed along two wonderful awards to me for taking care of HER while SHE was sick.

excellence-award   and best-blog

Imagine my surprise…I thought getting extra chews and treats were great rewards…thanks Misaki my friend…I will share these awards proudly with HER!

And just in case any of you haven’t become a fan of my friend Misaki, be sure to check our her blog: The Misadventures of Misaki  – she will definitely win your heart!

BAYL…

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