ARE YOU A WRITER LOOKING FOR A REMOTE GETAWAY TO WRITE YOUR BOOK? WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE LIKE THOREAU? -- I am searching for a writer companion, someone who would like to share the cabin I live in, in the wilderness, and share writing adventures. So if you are looking for a getaway to write that book of yours, drop me a line.







Do You Remember My Pawkett –Girl?
*POSTED OCTOBER 10th 2009*

In memory of my Pawkett Girl

My dearest, friend, companion, soul-mate, and family member, Pawkett-Girl died  October 5th 2009.

Dear Pawkett Girl, the Prettiest Girl in the World - Our bond, our love, transcended the canine-human dimension to a level far above. You were not my dog, nor I your human. There was no such thing as ownership between us. You did not walk beside me. I carried you in my arms for fifteen years. Often, you rode on my shoulder because you wanted to be up there with me, not at my feet. We are one, with no obstruction. You were and will always be my one true love! I miss you baby girl! ~ Love Arlene

Here is the cover of my new book! Feel free to drop me a note if you would like a copy!

Chilcotin Rose is an exclusive authorized biographical and living-historical account of the life and times of Mary Kirner, a wilderness woman from the Chilcotin Plateau in British Columbia. Read about the Monarch Icefield tragedy of 1992. Brush with bizarre wilderness creatures. Find out what Beaver meat tastes like and what it’s like to be run over by a hay wagon. Read about the feats of a four-time World Champion arm wrestler. Go up close with extreme remote log cabin building and planes that go bump. Read about the last days of wildman John Edwards, son of the famous Ralph Edwards ‘Crusoe of Lonesome Lake’, and about some of his experiences with Grizzly and Cougar attacks. Read about how Mary helped the crews during the wildfire that wiped out his family homestead in 2004. Mary Kirner is a walking, talking, living treasure in the Chilcotin; a person so authentic, sturdy, and vivid, that her life by its very nature, teaches. She is the last of an already rare breed of brawny, yet tender women, of the Plateau.



 


 


 
 







 


 
 









 


 
 

22 October 2009
 
Average and Total Numbers of Animals
Who Died to Feed Americans in 2008
http://www.upc-online.org/slaughter/2008americans.html

Chickens
Total number died for food: 8.13 billion (7.67 billion for meat, 458 million for eggs)  
Average number killed per American meat-eater: 27.5 (26 for meat, 1.5 for eggs)
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 2,147 (2,028 for meat, 120 for eggs)

Turkeys
Total number died for food: 269 million
Average number consumed per American meat-eater: 0.91
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 71

Pigs
Total number died for food: 117.6 million
Average number consumed per American meat-eater: 0.40
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 31

Steers and Calves
Total number died for food: 40.8 million
Average number consumed per American meat-eater: 0.14
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 10.8

Rabbits
Total number died for food: 2.4 million
Average number consumed per American meat-eater: 0.009
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 0.69

Fish
Total number died for food: 6.5 billion
Average number consumed per American meat-eater: 22
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 1,700

Shellfish
Total number died for food: 64 billion
Average number consumed per American meat-eater: 218
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 17,000

ALL LAND ANIMALS
Total number died for food: 8.56 billion
Average number consumed per American meat-eater: 29
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 2,261

ALL SEA ANIMALS
Total number died for food: 71 billion
Average number consumed per American meat-eater: 240
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 19,000

ALL ANIMALS
Total number died for food: 80 billion
Average number consumed per American meat-eater: 270
Average number consumed per American lifetime: 21,000

* Note: Totals may not add up because of independent rounding.