My Piggy Valentine

Posted on February 13, 2011 by nothoney

One of the joys of volunteering on weekends at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary is getting to know a particular resident and then sponsoring him or her. Last May a piglet found his way to the sanctuary after a very rough time. Truman, as he was named, was found by animal control running along MacArthur Boulevard [...]

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If You Must Shop at Christmas, Do Some Good

Posted on December 5, 2010 by nothoney

Honestly, I don’t get the whole Christmas consumerism thing. I don’t understand why any rational person would stand outside in the dark and cold for hours waiting for a store to open. They wait so they can buy stuff that will be discarded or sent to a landfill in about six months. All that energy, [...]

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Thanksgiving For the Turkeys

Posted on November 16, 2010 by nothoney

… and the chickens and peacocks and goats and sheep and ducks and geese and pigs and horses and mules and cows … This will be my third Thanksgiving For the Turkeys at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary in Poolesville, Maryland. It will also be the first year that I’m able to stay and volunteer for [...]

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Farm Tour Day At the Sanctuary

Posted on July 29, 2010 by nothoney

Last Saturday was the annual Montgomery County Farm Tour, an event that Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary participates in as part of their fund raising. The crowds were much smaller than usual and we all blame the weather which was around 98F with a heat index of 104F. It was hot, but we made $5,000 for [...]

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Whale Wars Crew On Larry King Live Today!

Posted on July 1, 2010 by nothoney

Sorry for being a bit late with this news, and thanks to Karen Dawn for the story. BTW, I attended the Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary event she mentions, and Capt. Watson is very inspirational. “Sea Shepherd’s Captain Paul Watson, who much of the public knows as Whale Wars Captain Paul Watson, will be on Larry [...]

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Follow Izzy & Morty on Facebook

Posted on March 1, 2010 by nothoney

Yes, I should’ve posted about this a long time ago, but I’m still mostly posting to Mina’s blog, for now. But how can you resist cute piglets? Izzy and Morty arrived at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary on the day they were born, September 19, 2009. They’re the runts of a litter born to a mama [...]

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Goodbye, Norman

Posted on February 13, 2010 by nothoney

Today was my first day back at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary since January 24, when we helped rescue Patches, a pig, from a muddy mess. When I got there my friend, Deb, informed me that Norman had died recently. (You can read her post about Norman on her blog Invisible Voices.) Norman is the first [...]

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In Memory of Mina, A Fund Raiser At Barrel Oak Winery

Posted on December 2, 2009 by nothoney

Thank you Brian and Sharon and everyone at Barrel Oak Winery for sponsoring a fund raiser in Mina’s memory to benefit Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary. I could not have managed this without the kind people at BOW, my friends at the sanctuary, my friends at Masons Keepe where we live, my friend Deb who’s blogged [...]

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Remembering Mina In a Meaningful Way

Posted on November 23, 2009 by nothoney

Some of my dear friends have made donations to Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary, where I volunteer, in Mina’s honor. Mina visited the sanctuary back in August during her last quarter of chemotherapy. You can read about it on Mina’s blog and on Deb’s “Invisible Voices” blog. Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary is a 400 acre non-profit [...]

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Sunday at the Sanctuary

Posted on October 19, 2009 by nothoney

Yesterday I drove out to Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary to help with morning chores. We had four days of steady rain so I was expecting some mud as I arrived around 8:30 a.m. I couldn’t find a soul until I was walking past the house to the chicken barns and finally saw Dave. There was [...]

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