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In the lands of the Dodo bird

Sylvia Shawcross Okay. The important thing is not to panic. It’s all going to be fine. We of the...

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Watermelon Watershed

Sylvia Shawcross So I’m looking at the watermelon and thinking about the world we live in. It’s one of...

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The Foolish at Night

Sylvia Shawcross The foolish-hearted people exist in this world more than we really know. The foolish-hearted people do foolish-hearted...

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Peacocks Paradise

Sylvia Shawcross Come with me now down this path. It is a path soft with the fallen frailties of...

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A Dog’s Technology

Sylvia Shawcross We are human beings. We are brilliant, superior adaptive creatures who have roamed about the planet for...

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Serf’s Up

Sylvia Shawcross Well its enough to drive you around the bend and put bubbles in your veins trying to...

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Cow Flatulations & Daffodils

Sylvia Shawcross In a stream of consciousness world there are no paddles for your boat. There will come a...

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Bath time for babies

Sylvia Shawcross Well it is possible to be optimistic about the future really. I know that’s a ridiculous statement...

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It is always about the children

Sylvia Shawcross I hesitated to write this piece for two reasons: I’m not a member of the 2SLGBTQI* community...

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No one is crowing now

Sylvia Shawcross It is the first time the crows did not come in the morning. Under the red sun...

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Death by Pixels

Sylvia Shawcross I am living out my days in what once was a forested community but now a growing...

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Sear the Fear

Sylvia Shawcross Waking up to the red sun in the morning when sailors take warning is a miracle nevertheless....

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Squabble-Warbling Again

Sylvia shawcross So I was on the phone to a government department and was speaking to the computer. Or...

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In the days before…

Sylvia Shawcross So we’re having a Dogwood Spring some would say here in this part of the world. Early...

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The Easter Island Heads Don’t Face the Sea

Sylvia Shawcross Welcome to your Off-Guardian Friday/Saturday opinion piece. Also known as the placeholder for the discussion that might...

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It Is All Sushi

Sylvia Shawcross I understand Easter Island now. Those heads and bodies huge on the horizon of the islands staring...

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Why not the zebra long-winged butterfly?

Sylvia Shawcross Some things keep us up at night such as the horrifying thought that if they eliminate all...

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Why do Peacock Spiders dance?

Sylvia Shawcross We’re not divided enough. Surely there are more things for us to fight each other over? We’ve...

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Mother Goose Stepping

Sylvia Shawcross Here in the northern hemisphere winter mourns its way to spring with tears that sometimes freeze on...

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Doom’s Monotony

Sylvia Shawcross Some days I convince myself that nothing is actually happening and all we have is a whole...

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