Category Archives: Environment

The Two ‘Rs’ Of Horror — Russians And Republicans

March 2, 2022

Last night’s SOTU is now history, but Russians in Ukraine and Republicans in America keep clogging the news drain pipe this mid-day Wednesday in California’s Central Valley — warm again, too, feels like it’s getting…

Frightful New UN Climate Report: ‘The Bleakest Warning Yet’ — War In Ukraine Maybe A Template For Action

February 28, 2022

Near-hot just at mid-day Monday here in California’s Central Valley as temperatures generate more than just warmth as maybe the weather feels as if it could leap spring altogether,  and crunch face-first into summer. Weather…

War! — ‘Friend Only To The Undertaker’

February 24, 2022

(Illustration from The New York Times earlier this morning). As I type this post, I’m watching Joe Biden do his thing as all of us come to grips with a shitty, un-called-for war in Ukraine, and…

Kamala Harris On Ukraine: ‘A Decisive Moment In History’ — A Scream At Vlad!

February 19, 2022

After nearly a full week of the ebbing of sickness, I’m feeling somewhat better this early-evening Saturday here in California’s Central Valley — although I never ventured out today, we experienced another bright, beautiful one…

Methane-Inflamed Climate Change Melting Time: ‘Warming Feeding The Warming?’

February 10, 2022

Another warm day here in California’s Central Valley, any distinction between just ‘warm‘ and ‘hot‘ swiftly fading from our daily weather. Summer in these parts is grossly livable — we experience way-too-few weeks of the…

Climate Change Creatively Continues

February 6, 2022

(Illustration: Graph per NASA/JPL-Caltech, and found here). Bright sunshine and warming temps this near-mid-day Sunday here in California’s Central Valley, another beauty seemingly ahead of its time. The state has been in a perpetual cycle…

Ukraine History Chimes — Vlad Putin’s ‘Obsession’

January 27, 2022

Daylight fading as we approach early-evening Thursday here in California’s Central Valley, a fine finish to a day that started with a deep-gray fog, which burned off quickly into bright sunshine and warm temperatures —…

Butterfly Sanctuary Taking Refuge Due To ‘Credible Threats’

January 27, 2022

In dangerous territory as we are right now, even butterflies appear in possible jeopardy: An e-mail from the National Butterfly Center was shared this morning at Daily Kos, explaining the shit-situation, pretty straight-forward and on…

Dancing Shelter In The Storm — ‘You Can’t Start A Fire Without A Spark’

January 25, 2022

Man, just tired and bored with all this shit, and this early-evening Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley, you got to stay hungry. In lieu of senseless, shitty snatches of news, a post-clip of a…

T-Rump And The COVID Spread

January 23, 2022

Another weekend coming to an end this early-evening Sunday here in California’s Central Valley, and, too, the first month of a new year is near-about gone already, maybe a preview of just how quickly 2022…