Articles written by Jane Brunton

How To Guides |
Community

About me - Jane Brunton

Where to begin? More importantly what to leave out? I am guessing you don't have the time or inclination to know me in depth. And perhaps the less said the better.

Most relevant for this bio would be why I write. I suppose being an only child accounts for

+ more bio information

RSS Feed

Home & Garden > Weeds & Pests Non-toxic slug control for your garden: 1 of 15

Poor old slugs; you might even call them garden thugs. What a bad rap they have and for the most part well deserved. They certainly can't be trusted around our fair hostas, seedlings, tubers, fruits, well you name it. The slugs will have a go at it. According to research done at the University of Guelph, here in Ontario, Can...
Health & Fitness > Sexually Transmitted Diseases Symptoms and treatment of syphilis: 1 of 10

Syphilis, the Great Pretender, is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the bacteria Treponema pallidum. It is a great mimicker which presents in the following ways: Phase One: Three to four weeks after the initial infection lesions (chancres) usually appear on the male or female genitals or other parts of the body....
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Healing in the garden, how my garden helped me: 7 of 67

When I was younger I didn't pay much attention to the "weeds" around me. I had been taught that they were just annoying entities that interfered with more valuable things like flowers and vegetables. They had to be dealt with severely. Scenes of me helping my dad(both of us without masks)mix up the noxious chemicals that wer...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Travel: 15 of 77

THE CONDOR'S BACK Clouds at my feet; The condor's back glistening in the misted light below. We glide, he and I, through cloud cauldrons Oblivious villages hidden below. Beneath me slides his disappearing majesty. Sad, solitary one. His mate the victim of Indian sacrifice. His children in zoos. Hated enemy of the poor whose ...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: Experiences with rescuing wild animals: 8 of 28

REFUGE In 1994 I found myself divorced and at loose ends living in Ecuador. Due to cultural confines and a woman's role in the society I had made few friends outside of my husband's family. One of my friends was a veterinarian by the name of Gustavo. Born in Ecuador, but educated in Ohio, Gustavo understood my dilemma. On on...
Travel > South & Central America Destinations Travel destinations: Ecuador: 2 of 7

The sound of wheezing and farting signals one of two things: either our bus is stopping or a fellow passenger is indisposed. I tie back the sun-rotted velvet drapes with the elaborate tassel and peer out the smeary window. Armed soldiers in jungle camouflage strut importantly in front of a makeshift military checkpoint. Oh n...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Homeless: 55 of 186

The rushers rush The squatters squat The hands stretch out As we look intently elsewhere. Foul your bedroll Bandage your wounds Bag your bottle As we look intently elsewhere. Trembling hands hold the cap Stick legs bend and totter Snow bites down As we look intently elsewhere. Put on the empty cap Pull up the tarp Sleep it o...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Urban scenes: 13 of 36

Urban Reef Twixt sky-scraper reefs Flows an urban sea Schools of flesh Colorful and drab Oil and water Flotsam and jetsam Eaters and eaten Bottom feeders Species older than time Oil and water Flotsam and jetsam Cleaner fish, bottom feeders Dolphins and groupers Make way for sharks, fly from sharks Oil and water Flotsam and j...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Renewing relationships: 9 of 24

A long time ago before I had breasts, sense and met Randy, I thought that once I achieved woman hood I'd be happy. I envied my sister's long-shiny hair, narrow waist and burgeoning hips. It made me hate my own straight up and down figure but I knew with patience I would look like her one day too; I was just a late bloomer. E...
Society & Lifestyle > Lifestyles How a strange birth name can harm your child: 5 of 13

What's in a name? Well, it conjures up certain images, sometimes based on prejudice, prior experience or opportunity for humor. I always longed for an onomatopoeic name like Melanie or Willa; perhaps an exotic one like Indigo or Cheyenne. Instead I got saddled with the cacophonous "Jane". Childhood taunts of Plain Jane, or J...