(Partially Up-dated6/6/08 )

cover up the fact that the admin-istration possibly falsified documents to mislead the country in order to go to war in Iraq (a war that had nothing to do with terrorism but with a "first strike" policy which is anti-American), illegally transporting and torturing suspects in secret CIA prisons, using nepotism as the sole credential for appointing leaders to important posts for which Americans paid with their lives and the list goes on and on. I do not believe we can afford to wait. I urge you to contact your Senators & Congressmen and Nancy Pelocy and ask them to begin the process to Impeach Cheney and Bush before it is too late.

After 9/11 Our president admonished the nation that we would all need to make sacrifices. But he never asked us to do it, because he is a Good Christian and would never ask of us what he would not do himself. (The ones who have made great sacrifices are the first responders, National Guardsmen, & those in the Military; and the weakest among our pop- ulation: the poor and immigrants.) But, my countrymen, the time has come. We need to take a look at what is going on around us and make changes from top to bottom.

Bush II said he would not tolorate "activism from the bench" but look at recent decisions on the Supreme Court due to Bush's appointees: Campaign Finance Reform Law that John McCain helped to pass in congress was gutted and Brown vs. Board of Education was attacked while the court looks the other way as the Whitehouse breaks the law by withholding information that may implicate Cheney and Bush as criminals. The scandals are worse than Water-gate - outing a C.I.A. operative to

The Children's Corner - .Check in with the ongoings of our growing family! Ember and Orion have been joined by Arno - Dec 20, '07! This is a cruel picture to put in of the older kids - but it is too funny, no? :more>more>more>

Yes, why isn't this part at the top? It's because even a smoker who is rushed to a hospital with a heart attack and is told that if they don't quit smoking & change their eating habits will die - even this person often finds it nearly impossible to stop in time to save his own life.After my grandmother died I began to wonder if all of our efforts to save the environment are merely palliative care. But her positive attitude reminds me we must not give up and now is the time. We had a beautifully cool spring here - though all of a sudden it is hitting the high 90's - but there are many signs of hope, though so much is still denial as I reported last year: Boston Globe, 7/4/07, B section first page, the article about Jellyfish in Boston Harbor glosses over the fact that they are abundant "due to depleted fish stocks." The sub-

caption instead merely quotes "Calm seas, warm water, and an abundance of plankton make the life aquatic pretty soft this year for jellyfish." I would have to agree that jellyfish are thriving all among us. I read in sadness an article in the business section about another textile mill closing because it cannot compete with the dirt-cheap fabric being made in China. We have to change our personal habits. We have become soft, relying on our government and Ralph Nader to legislate for our safety, but our government is not doing anything to save our planet because they don't believe it makes money for those in power, perhaps. No, we need to stop using pesticides and herbicides on our lawns. Washington City Paper notes that imidacloprid pesticides also known as "Gaucho" and "Calypso" - the #1 best-selling pesticide according to its manufacturer, Bayer, may be a leading cause for Bee's Colony Collapse Disorder. It is also killing fish and frogs. I make my children listen to frogs whenever we can because they probably won't have a chance to do it when they are my age except on recordings. Oh, lordy, I don't have time for this, it's almost 5am - but I do believe it is time we make some hard changes in our own lives - by not buying as much from China - I call it "ABC - Anywhere But China!" I managed to buy a suit and shoes for my grandmother's funeral at Lord & Taylor made in the good old U.S.A. don't ask me how much I spent! (Though last year I bought a new apple computer - apple manufactures most of their stuff in China - not only for labor costs, but because making computer chips causes lots of toxic waste an there are not so many laws about that in China? Was that new computer worth killing our planet? turns out Apple rates very low in Environmental Stewardship)

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The free newspaper, The Frederick Times, written by Ethel & Leon Loeb during the end of the 1940's was the inspiration for Work in Progress! The Loeb's paper not only warned about the dangers of erosion in an issue of 1947 and the unscrupulous practices of insurance companies in Frederick, but it printed Christmas Greetings and pictures of the writers' children and pets. Ethel was also my grandmother, and it was at her farm that I found the fateful Webster's Dictionary that started me on the decade long quest that has been the Pictorial Webster's. On the day before she died I gave her the copy that I made to live in the library of her 18th century farmhouse to hold. Her fingers played all over the book exploring and enjoying it fully. She also caressed arno's head - more soon