Category Archives: Erica Snowlake
Viva Pachamama! – Bolivia Celebrates Law Granting Rights to Mother Earth!
By ENS and Erica Snowlake La Paz – Bolivia marked the International Day of Mother Earth, April 22, with a ceremony in the Plaza Murillo, the center of political power. An ancient ritual shared center stage with speeches in which … Continue reading
Filed under Environment, Erica Snowlake
Xeriscaping in Venice
By erica snowlake For those who get around our fair city on bike and by foot, the diversity of front-yard and street-facing landscaping is remarkable to behold. Equally functional and eccentrically artistic, a day’s perusal of the green belt reveals … Continue reading
Filed under Environment, Erica Snowlake
Profile: Venice Singer Simone White
By Erica Snowlake Introducing Simone White, she who wanders whither and hither around the world, charming audiences with her (encore!) prodigious gifts of singing, songwriting, and fine guitar playing. Our lithe lovely mingles the tradition of the bard (wandering) and … Continue reading
Filed under Erica Snowlake, Feature, Music, Women
Praising Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States, and The People Speak
By Erica Snowlake It is good to recall Ms. Thelma Trotty, the first teacher who blew (enlightened) my mind. She taught high school history in the late seventies in upstate New York from her unique perspective as a native Iroquois … Continue reading
Filed under Erica Snowlake, History, Obituary
Women Speak Out! From Howard Zinn’s “Voices of A People’s History of the United States”
Emma Goldman, the Lithuanian immigrant, feminist orator, agitator, and anarchist, arrested in 1917 on conspiracy charges of “inducing persons to not register” excerpted from a 1908 speech in San Francisco before the outbreak of WW1, entitled Patriotism: A Menace to … Continue reading
Filed under Erica Snowlake, History, Women
January 2008 – Lakota Nation Declares Independence. Can Venice Be Far Behind
By Erica Snowlake Haumikole! Hello my friend! On December 19, the Lakota Freedom Delegation announced unilateral withdrawl from all U.S. treaties to a small group of Press and well-wishers in the Plymouth Congregational Church in Washington, DC. The same church … Continue reading
Filed under Erica Snowlake, Politics
January 2008 – An RV Fairytale
By Erica Snowlake Against my friend’s better judgment, I don’t drive, have never owned and am loathe to even entering nasty, metal, polluting obsessions in which one miraculously floats while seated above asphalted earth at high speeds weaving humanity’s frenzied … Continue reading
Filed under Erica Snowlake, Homeless/RVs
