Angelina Jolie has released a statement regrading the current situation of Syrian refugees. Jolie serves as a Special Envoy for the UNHCR. “Three million refugees is not just another statistic. It is a searing indictment of our collective failure to end the war in Syria. International stability is steadily bleeding away in Syria. UN Security…
Emma Watson, who was recently appointed as a U.N. Women’s Goodwill Ambassador, traveled to Uruguay to bring attention to the need for women to become more involved in politics within their country as an impending election looms. A new law has created a national quota that guarantees 30 percent of the elected representatives will be…
This article appeared on Travelers Today in November 2013. A direct link can be found under Links to Articles. November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), an event set up to help aspiring writers finish a novel, or most of a novel, during the month of November. The event begins on November 1, when participants…
This article appeared in the September/October 2014 issue of Organic Hudson Valley. A direct link can be found under Links to Articles. When autumn comes around, there is nothing that beats that first taste of a fresh, crisp apple from a local orchard. The Hudson Valley is known for its apple orchards and all the…
Karen Fredrickson 