From The Trumpeter, Wendell Kisner (Athabasca): The Fourfold Revisited: Heideggerian Ecological Practice and the Ontology of Things; C. A. Bowers (Oregon): Why the George Lakoff and Mark Johnson Theory of Metaphor Is Inadequate for Addressing Cultural Issues Related to the Ecological Crises (and a response); and a review of Reinhabiting Reality: Towards a Recovery of Culture by Freya Mathews. From Sirens, a look at the trials of the 21st century wife; Babysitter, PhD: From baby-sitting to freelancing, over-educated, over-qualified women are doing whatever it takes to pay the bills and stay motivated after a layoff; and when you hit the road solo, you stumble upon a host of lessons that will serve you well back in your normal, workaday life — if only you can remember to bring them back with you.

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