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Time to Get Back to the Animals

At present, I’m on Smith Island with Aram where we lived for about three years while Pattrice operated the sanctuary herself and right before we relocated to Vermont. It’s a magical place, Smith Island. It’s the only inhabited island in Maryland that isn’t connected to the mainland by bridge (being, as it is, about 14 . . . → Read More: Time to Get Back to the Animals

Heart Attacks and Animal Rights: Some Thoughts

WARNING: This blog will be even more personal than usual, so if you’re uninterested in that whole personal-meets-political stuff, this one isn’t for you.

Last week, my Uncle Paul had a heart attack, followed by triple bypass surgery the following day. Apparently, there was only one artery they could get a balloon catheter into, and . . . → Read More: Heart Attacks and Animal Rights: Some Thoughts