At a time of racism, police violence, and an ongoing pandemic, The Amazon Trail's Lee Lynch has found something to celebrate. I thought there could be no good news. Not in the midst of a pandemic and the mass selfishness that hastens and continues its...
It’s that time again. I need to find a healthcare provider. I live in a rural community where there is a large turnover of medical professionals and a constant shortage of qualified staff. The health organization that provides these services seems to have difficulty...
In this month's edition of The Amazon Trail, Lee Lynch mourns the loss of trailblazing lesbian activist and writer Phyllis Lyon. "We lost a giant today," tweeted California State Sen. Scott Weiner, who is chairman of the LGBTQ caucus. A giant is exactly what the...
In this month's Amazon Trail, Lee Lynch contends with her advancing age and tries to figure out gardening in the middle of a coronavirus outbreak that reminds her how vulnerable so many of us are. When I asked for advice about growing potatoes, our friend Mary wrote,...
This month in her Amazon Trail column, Lee Lynch tells us all to keep "throwing the bums out" foremost in our minds during this election season. My sailor friend e-mailed me last night. She had just gotten home from her women’s group, where they discussed the fears...