A lot of people who have never been taught otherwise burn their garbage, including some of my neighbors. I hate it for a lot of reasons (safety, environmental), though in most cases it comes with no malicious intent. This guy acted out of ignorance and made a mistake with unbearable consequences. He is also a human…

Sorry, Bernardo, but the human remains of mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters who have died passing through this area for lack of such things isn’t exactly helping to keep the refuge in its “pristine” condition, is it?

Oh my god. So glad she thought of that and so glad she was okay and you were born!

I got my first gray hair in third grade (my mom had been at my haircut appointment and laughed when the hairdresser whispered in her ear; I was mortified by the thought they were teasing me). By the time I was twenty five, I had many gray hairs, and for many years dyed my hair: blonde, black, red, burgundy, etc. I’m…