by Lillian Lake | | Food, Stop Trafficking
First published in Franklin Journal Valentine’s Day is straight ahead. Valentine’s Day has never been on my top ten list of holidays, indeed, even less so as the years have passed. I’m one who enjoys expressions of love every day. I don’t need a particular day to take...
by Lillian Lake | | Food, GMO
First published in Franklin Journal We see them. We read them. We stand in the grocery aisle with a confused look on our face, as we try to interpret them. With our smartphone, we’ll scan the QR code. Some of us whip out reading glasses to see if we can see the ever...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Caregiving, Spiritual
Snowflakes are swirling and falling to the ground to accumulate as a white blanket over all of my immediate outside surroundings. A scenario that is full of illusion. Each flake falls at will. It swirls dizzily, taking part with nature and yet seemingly at the same...
by Lillian Lake | | Climate Change, Food, GMO
“Flavr Savr” tomatoes were the first Monsanto Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) food product in which the gene, polylacturonase, an enzyme was deactivated. The presence of the active gene allows the fruit to soften. By deactivating the gene, the fruit would have a...
by Lillian Lake | | Food, GMO
Food labeling is a hot topic these days. I recently participated in a food labeling discussion with farmers and non-farmers across the country. I was happy to be invited as a consumer and farm defender. When non-farmers and farmers come together it can get animated....
by Lillian Lake | | Coffee, Food, GMO
With the coming of January, New England has finally had cold weather. It’s an excuse (like I needed one!) for an extra mug of java, burrowing down under my comforter, while holding my coffee mug in one hand and flipping through pages with the other. Cold weather means...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Food, Spiritual
With their families in tow, all of my children were home for Christmas 2016. There were eleven of us in total sharing yelling matches, giggling, littlest ones racing around the tables to get away from a chaser, or taunt someone into chasing them and putting away more...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Spiritual
I look forward to December 21st, the shortest day of the year. You can have your countdown to Christmas, but I count down to longer days of daylight. I’m solar powered and revel in abundant light. I love to work and play from dawn to dusk, and the later dusk arrives,...
by Lillian Lake | | Building Community, Caregiving, Grief, Spiritual
Christmastime, for many, is a time of dealing with loss. For me, one such Christmastime was the one following my father’s passing when I was a little girl. He had a fatal heart attack just a couple of months earlier. My mother moved through the Thanksgiving holiday by...
