Sichuan (Szechuan) is a landlocked province of approximately 81 million inhabitants in southwest China. The region occupies most of the Sichuan Basin and the easternmost part of the Tibetan Plateau. Its population speaks an unusual form of Mandarin, originating as a variation during the province’s repopulation under the Ming Dynasty.
Your entire donation to the SPA’s Pet Food Money Bank fundraiser applies to the annual cost of feeding our resident animals. Through June 30, up to a total of US$3,500, each donation will be matched by an anonymous donation to SPA Dogs to DC, which has the double benefit of creating space at the SPA to save more dogs.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought some surprisingly positive upshots for the animal world. One of them is a global concern about “wet markets” and wildlife markets and a call to ban them permanently.
One of the frustrating things about using one of the free email services (Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.) is that the interface keeps changing.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Online Service
“Behave as a Human Being”
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube
Sun, Jun 14, 10:30am
Unleavened breads with toppings are characteristic of many cultures. Citizens of ancient Greece produced a flatbread called plakountos that was enlivened with herbs, onion, cheese, and garlic.
Persian soldiers baked flatbreads with cheese and dates on top of their battle shields. A precursor of pizza was probably focaccia, a Roman unleavened bread known as panis focacius, to which toppings were added.
It’s no secret that we humans have suffered immensely with the COVID-19 pandemic. There is no need to enumerate the countless slings and arrows—the deaths, fears, anger, anxiety, and stress. We have all agonized over the invisible global threat to our lives and the ensuing separation from society through lock downs and face coverings.