View larger image A couple of days ago I received this avian flu alert in my email from an online drugstore as part their tamiflu promotion. In addition to Asia, West Africa has an outbreak in the poultry population,...
Posted in Dakota on December 17, 2007 07:09 AM
View larger image Stopped by at Effect Measure to get the latest avian flu news, since I'm leaving for rural China in three weeks, only to find this hysterical piece of information --- a person can get quite a...
Posted in Dakota on February 7, 2007 07:32 PM
View image Up close and out of focus Highly scattered. Spent yesterday getting my ducks in a row because, when I tried to apply for a visa, I discovered that I had only three months left before my passport...
Posted in Dakota on January 28, 2007 05:55 PM
View image Revere at Effect Measure has an update on bird flu after 22 months, just in case you thought you had avoided that catastrope -- do not remove bird flu from your Damocles Collection. Now it's almost two...
Posted in Dakota on September 27, 2006 08:49 PM
View larger image IMPORTANT NOTE: EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE PATIENCE TO WEND YOUR WAY THROUGH ALL THIS LONGWINDEDNESS , YOU SIMPLY MUST CLICK THE VERY LAST CLICKIE, "EXTRAVAGANCE", BEFORE YOU GO ON ABOUT YOUR DAY. Ah...
Posted in Dakota on June 9, 2006 06:34 PM
View image The bird flu is brewing. You may have heard that Indonesia has a cluster - eight members of a family infected, six are dead. However, if you read the front page of the New York Times on...
Posted in Dakota on May 17, 2006 07:08 PM
View image What's a lame duck (how perfect) to do to fluff up his sodden poll numbers? Scare the masses, of course. Therefore, it's a fabulous time to release a New (ish) National Pandemic Response Strategy. At the risk...
Posted in Dakota on May 4, 2006 06:24 AM
I'm off for the weekend to upstate New York in search of a little piece of property that could be utilized as a weekend retreat, studio, and sustainable homestead for friends and family, just in case we hit deep...
Posted in Dakota on April 21, 2006 06:30 AM
View image Have you noticed that I haven't been hounding you about bird flu lately, even though it has spread to 40 countries, and the UN is predicting that it's on it's way to the US. I have restrained...
Posted in Dakota on March 13, 2006 06:56 AM
View larger image Yesterday, the Fickle Finger of Fate (a phrase of my childhood-- oh, I do hope I don't date myself) picked me up and hurled me down the back stairs, flipping me entirely around so that I...
Posted in Dakota on February 19, 2006 06:58 AM
View larger image I'm just finishing NPR's Scott Simon's novel "Pretty Birds", based on his own experiences as a war correspondent in Sarajevo during the Bosnian Serb conflict in 1992, as well as interviews he conducted with young girls...
Posted in Dakota on February 12, 2006 01:32 PM
Mercy, mercy imagine JUST when all those republicans are being indicted, JUST as Our President's popularity is sinking into the black hole of Calcutta, JUST as there are murmurs of presidential impeachment.... why, out of the blue, ta da...a...
Posted in Dakota on January 19, 2006 03:48 PM
View larger image, if you dare As you can see by my sinuses, I'm still sick. The elderberry syrup cure has failed. I have resorted to Dayquil. This morning, I made a Caesarish Salad for breakfast, because it contains...
Posted in Dakota on January 6, 2006 09:32 AM
ViewLarger image View larger image I think these are chimney liners, hung on a hurricane fence at the fireplace store for handy access. What was I doing in the vicinity of stovepipe? Why, preparing for the disruption of essential...
Posted in Dakota on January 2, 2006 05:11 PM
View`larger image I know, you thought I would give you a bird flu break just because it's almost Christmas. But noooo - I simply cannot shirk my civic duty. Let's see. I spent much of the weekend preparing emergency...
Posted in Dakota on December 21, 2005 08:53 PM
View larger image Just when we didn't need any more reasons to want to immigrate to Canada, Helen Branswell, flu reporter extraordinaire, writes about a new Canadian ethics report outlining the difficult decisions that will have to be considered...
Posted in Dakota on December 9, 2005 06:11 AM
View image Well we suspected it after listening to NPR's Ira Glass' November 7, 2003 indepth report on Diebold and its voting machines (that cannot print out a paper ballot, lest a jam occurand spoil the results -- even...
Posted in Dakota on December 6, 2005 06:39 PM
View larger image Since the flowers are gone until spring, I have taken to peering into other people's windows looking for something interesting to photograph. (Can you see the handlotion?) You will be pleased to note that I have...
Posted in Dakota on December 5, 2005 08:55 AM
View image Last night a dear and close personal relative asked me what I wanted for Christmas. I said a crank/ battery powered TV, or a solar panel to charge my computer. He looked shocked. Well... that's what I...
Posted in Dakota on December 4, 2005 06:41 PM
View larger image Even though I haven't been beating you over the head with avian flu awareness facts for the past few days (though I have been known to brush lightly upon the subject ), I can no longer...
Posted in Dakota on November 22, 2005 07:29 PM
View larger image Taking an opportunity to synchronize my vibration to hypomania, as I was in New York City, and fading fast, I purchased a tall Breakfast Blend at Starbucks, and took it outside, since there was no place...
Posted in Dakota on November 22, 2005 06:25 AM
View larger image And what would a visit to NYC be without a stop at the new Museum of Modern Art? Sadly my little camera was not really up to the task, in that flash is not allowed, and...
Posted in Dakota on November 16, 2005 09:25 AM
View image Everyone (except the rather large contingent who wish I would shut up about avian flu) will be excited to hear that The Commonwealth of Masachusetts Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plan has arrived. This is ia welcome addition to...
Posted in Dakota on November 8, 2005 10:13 PM
View image It seems that social connection and social networks are very important for the creation, support and enrichment of thought and ideas. Sadly the Christian Fundamentalists seem to have the social connection part down pat, with their church...
Posted in Dakota on November 4, 2005 07:02 PM
View larger image Big Baby: Pretty please with sugar on top, can't I have a flower picture. I'm sick sick sick of talking about sick sick sick. Besides, there won't be any more flowers for a long time, unless...
Posted in Dakota on October 28, 2005 06:06 AM
View larger image In my forays into Avian Flu Lit, I stumbled across a term that is new to me, but probably not to epidemiologists -- "social distancing". I find it a kinder, gentler way to introduce the concept...
Posted in Dakota on October 20, 2005 06:44 AM
View larger image I found my Halloween costume in a shop window the other day -- trouble is, it's a little small. You cannot see the American flag sewn across its heart, since I opted instead, for metaphorophotographic reasons,...
Posted in Dakota on October 16, 2005 07:02 AM
A dear friend from my ladies group (where we are praying for the earth, however ineffectively) called yesterday. She started reading my blog about the avian flu, as media coverage has increased, and she wanted to talk to me...
Posted in Dakota on October 13, 2005 11:59 AM
dead chickens falling from the sky a mutant egg old photos shot before avian flu came into focus then merely a glitch in my unconscious mind or a shadow in my crystal camera View larger image Photo notes: The...
Posted in Dakota on October 13, 2005 06:21 AM
View larger image With more of a media spotlight on avian flu, Dr. Peter Sandman, an international risk communication expert, has written an excellent article entitled "The Flu Pandemic Preparedness Snowball", cautioning us against relying on medical solutions to...
Posted in Dakota on October 12, 2005 09:47 AM
View larger image Forgive me for dashing copyright law (or something) to smithereens here, but there was a most informative article in the New York Times that I knew would be completely unavailable for webly public consumption in ten...
Posted in Dakota on October 10, 2005 03:38 PM
View larger image Once again, beating the dead bird, I thought I'd share yet another preparedness list as well as the discussion about ethical dilemmas in disasters from CurEvents, since some of those folks have been thinking about this...
Posted in Dakota on October 8, 2005 07:42 AM
Now that George W., the New York Times, NPR and The National Geographic mentioned the avian flu this week, or as some important blogger put it, "It's all flu all the time", people are not sighing as deeply when...
Posted in Dakota on October 6, 2005 05:53 PM
View image Yesterday Tom Ashbrook, host of the WBUR program "On Point" talked to several physicians about the avian flu. I only heard a little of the show, because in the midst of all this impending doom, a friend...
Posted in Dakota on October 6, 2005 05:59 AM
View image So W. had a press conference yesterday mainly to appease Harriet Haters. Notice the Group That Runs George W. never ever takes a chance like that when his ratings are up. The neocons don't seem to like...
Posted in Dakota on October 5, 2005 06:29 AM
Viewlarger image When George W. Bush nominated Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, it was an obvious opportunity to discuss the philosophy of Martin Buber, however briefly. Actually, I've had this entry on the bench for a number of...
Posted in Dakota on October 3, 2005 09:12 PM
View image Yesterday I went to visit a real life artist photographer. His studio is right around the corner from my office, and a mutual friend suggested I meet him. He has a printer the size of a harpsichord,...
Posted in Dakota on October 2, 2005 06:57 AM
View larger image Here it is folks, the creme de la creme, the ultimate disaster supply list. A must read for the perfectly prepared. The author, AlphaGeek, of Daily Kos, lives up to the promise of his name. He...
Posted in Dakota on September 30, 2005 07:09 AM
in the pink light of early dawn at the apex of a triangle stands the blue heron distant barely visible and then the avian flu away into the mist. View larger image View larger image Photo note: Really, just...
Posted in Dakota on September 27, 2005 12:43 PM
View image Just in case you were lulled into complaisancy by The New York Times, Revere, over at Effect Measure, criticizing WHO, says this, and much more (be sure to read the comments):: "But the World Reassurance Organization doggedly...
Posted in Dakota on September 23, 2005 06:04 PM
View larger image Higher Self: Dakota, my dear, we haven't touched upon sacred geometry in many months. In fact we seem to have left the esoteric behind entirely, to focus on the mundane. Sometimes, when viewing the mundane, one...
Posted in Dakota on September 21, 2005 12:24 PM
View larger image Bijou: Waddya think Petey, are they ready for this again? Petey: Well the Pres did mention us at the UN the other day, and we're making the front page more often. Bijou: Got your Tamiflu yet?...
Posted in Dakota on September 21, 2005 06:46 AM
Viewlarger image Early this summer I had the sniffles, and had to spend five hours in a car with a dear and close 92 year old, driving to a celebration. It was then, trying not to expose her to...
Posted in Dakota on September 17, 2005 07:25 AM
Behind the scenes at the OO - Planning the Speech: "Oh my God, what if they wake up before we get it all in place. What are we gonna do? We have Jeb and the Dynasty to think of."...
Posted in Dakota on September 16, 2005 05:47 AM
View larger image I was just about to drop the subject of avian flu for awhile, even though my photo archives, in preparation, are overflowing with unattractive shots of seagulls swarming blurrily, when, Saturday morning, right in the middle...
Posted in Dakota on September 7, 2005 06:52 AM
Please don't disturb me when I'm beating my drum Photo note: Snapped at the Cape Verde Festival. A most dedicated little drummer, but her mother kept getting in the way. View larger image...
Posted in Dakota on August 26, 2005 06:33 AM
View image A dear and close, smart and psychic personal friend, considering the possiblity that there might be evidence in the woowoo that bird flu is on its way, remembered that one of her spiritual teachers had once talked...
Posted in Dakota on August 25, 2005 07:19 AM
View image Big Baby: Now you made me scared of birds, you big, dumb, bully. Good Enough Self: I was only trying to protect you, and do my civic duty. We needn't be scared of birds, dear. They're just...
Posted in Dakota on August 23, 2005 06:06 PM
it's true bird flu could kill you and of almost greater concern lots of others don't despair be aware prepare now and adequately Photo note: I was shooting birds all weekend, but, bless their hearts, they move quickly when...
Posted in Dakota on August 21, 2005 11:03 PM
View image Really, everyone, I hate to harp on this, but do not be pokey about flu preparation. NPR said this morning (it's making the news on a more regular basis, you will notice) that the avian flu has...
Posted in Dakota on August 19, 2005 06:26 AM
Why is it that almost all of my dear and close personal friends and relatives think I am crazy when I mention the possibility of an avian flu pandemic? That, or they cannot bear to hear about it. No...
Posted in Dakota on August 15, 2005 05:59 PM
View larger image Note: A new and improved list is available. It was composed on 9/21/05. This one isn't bad though. I had some hesitation about compiling this list, since Esther Hicks, channeling Abraham, says that you attract that...
Posted in Dakota on August 4, 2005 08:12 PM
View larger image Just called with my pledge to our local National Public Radio station. Couldn't get through for about ten minutes, which was heartening, though I may have missed my bonus gift from Ira Glass about disappearing Chicago...
Posted in Dakota on June 16, 2005 11:13 PM
View larger image I think it is worth mentioning, even though Esther Hicks, channeling Abraham, would tell me, in no uncertain terms, to get out of this vibration, (which I will in a minute), that there is a bit...
Posted in Dakota on June 8, 2005 06:49 AM