Environment
~ What About West, Texas?
My heart breaks for the community of West, Texas. While the media endlessly looped their limited information on the manhunt of the remaining Boston Bombing suspect to the exclusion of all else on Friday, I kept thinking — what about the explosion in West, Texas? What’s happening there? How is that small rural town coping […]
~ For The Joy of Animals: Hummie Cam (Baby Hummies Soon)
Spring is in the air and I’ve been celebrating the season of renewal by going over to Melissa Crytzer Fry’s What I Saw… blog and watching her Hummie Cam. She set a camera up to record the hummingbird nest in her breezeway. Melissa graciously allowed me to share a couple of awesome images her Hummie Cam […]
~ Words To Live By: “The Secret of Change …”
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” ~~ Socrates
~ For The Joy Of Animals: Cow Boredom?
I have a special fondness for cows. My grandparents were dairy farmers, so as I child I had ample opportunity to watch cows’ inaction. And no, that is not a typo. Once you get beyond the constant chewing and tail switching along with their incredibly large and friendly looking (think oversized dog) tongue that likes […]
~ BTS Reviews: STORM SURGE by Tamara Ward
Just in time to hit the beach, author Tamara Ward debuts her compelling environmental mystery — STORM SURGE. Ms. Wards spunky heroine is Jonie Waters, a reporter and woman of action in the best tradition of women’s fiction. She takes responsibility for herself and doesn’t wait around for anyone else to bail her out. As […]
~ For The Joy of Animals: Bald Eaglets
Spring is a time of rebirth and wonder. And watching a new generation of Bald Eagles come into being on live feed eagle cam at Norfolk Botanical Gardens, Virginia and Decorah, Iowa is an awesome celebration of this rite. Warning it is addicting to watch these magnificant beings up close. From The Eagle, Our National Emblem by Maude M. Grant: It is […]
~ Pondering the Possibilities: Sweat Worthy Entertainment
In a world of ever increasing energy expenses, it is not hard to envision a time, in the not too distant future, when the average family will be forced to reevaluate it’s energy priorities and restrict its energy consumption. So what will todays techno kids (and adults) do for entertainment? Raise on a diet of […]
~ Two Dogs, Loyal Companions
It is hard not to become fixated on the news coverage and speculation over the nuclear reactors in Japan. But there are other small but equally compelling dramas and acts of survival that are quietly unfolding in the wake of the Japan’s earthquake and tsunami. A dog leads reporters to his injured companion. Here is […]
~ A Compelling Tweep to Follow — In Japan
I’m just a fledgling in the Twitter world. I’ve yet to master where to @who; what to #FF; why to #WW; or how to RT, so I receive more news feed then light repartee from my tweeps. But yesterday, I found myself the fascinated follower (h/t @oceanbluepress) of a compelling twitterer in Japan. Selected Readings from the Public Twitter […]
~ Devastation in Japan
Thoughts and prayers for all affected. On Friday March 11th, Japan was hit by and earthquake that measured 8.9 by the US Geological Survey. It hit at 1446 local time (0546 GMT) at a depth of about 24km and generated a 23-30 foot Tsunami that hit the coast of Japan, traveled 6 miles inland, and created […]
~ Bad Weather Day for Punxsutawney Phil
Poor Punxsutawney Phil. It’s hard to enjoy your day in the media spotlight when Mother Nature is flexing her might by hitting Australia’s already flood-ravaged northern Queensland with “Yasi” its worst ever cyclone while, simultaneously, laying low 30 states in the US and a third of Americans with high winds, record snow, sleet and frigid temperatures in a […]
~ This Halloween, Beware The BP Stalker
BEWARE, Just when you thought it was safe to watch TV free from BP ads … BEWARE, Just when you thought it was safe for kids to go to school and learn about math and science… BEWARE, Just when you thought it was safe to eat seafood again… BEWARE, Just when you thought it was safe […]
~ BP and NOAA — Dispellers of Myths, Educators of School Children?
It is truly a perverse world we are living in when BP, with the help of our government, is allowed to present itself as a truth teller and a dispeller of myths. But it gets downright obscene, when our government joins forces with BP (or anyone) to help them take their propagandizing efforts into the […]
