Extinction Practitioners
June 19, 2015Clear, bright and windy this Friday afternoon on California’s north coast — the breeze a bit on the chilly side, seeping off the deep-gray fog bank hanging low about a block away from my apartment,…
Tag Archives: Elizabeth Kolbert
Pulling Weeds in Peachy Weather
March 23, 2014Bright, bubbly and hot here this Sunday afternoon on California’s north coast — caps a gorgeous weekend as yesterday was much the same. In fact, in a rare instance for me in this region, I’m…
Worse to Even Worse
February 10, 2014Weather talk nowadays ain’t no more just idle chit-chat. Here on California’s north coast we had a near-about gorgeous day — overcast some, but warm temperatures, and on occasion, a bit of sunshine. Our environmental…
Too Late the Hero?
November 6, 2013High overcast and light ground fog this early Wednesday on California’s north coast and the weekend is now within the mind’s eye sight. As we used to say a shitload of years ago, ‘Keep on…
Downfall
October 20, 2013Foggy and quiet this early Sunday — California’s north coast right now in the faint light is enveloped in a deep-gray moist of a morning. And not to mention, way-gothic. Fits the mood all-around. I’m…
Boom!
May 26, 2013(Illustration found here.) Via Climate Progress: Elizabeth Kolbert is one of the most thoughtful climate journalists. Her terrific 2006 book, ‘Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature, and Climate Change,’ famously ends: “It may seem…