Butterfly Dread
August 5, 2012Another of the ‘canary in a coal mine‘ motif, this one via butterflies. Two years ago in the UK, a bunch of people calling themselves ‘citizen scientists,’ took part in the first Big Butterfly Count…
Tag Archives: Environment
Return of the Scribe
August 5, 2012Quiet this morning up here along California’s northern coast with the sun trying in vain to slither through an Old Testament-looking sky, featuring epic clouds and small patches of clear blue way up yonder. A…
Dying Flowers For Our Children
July 25, 2012Another morning and another middle of the week — no horrible news to report this morning as I slept in an extra hour, just the continued death of life as we know it. Fog covers…
‘This is my rifle, this is my gun — one is for fighting, the other for fun’
July 23, 2012Culture and guns and life: “Life’s about film stars and less about mothers Its all about fast cars and passing each other But it doesn’t matter cause I’m packing plastic and that’s what makes my…
Blunder Butts
July 16, 2012Even as this work week starts, the political bile never gets a day off as the presidential campaign is geared and rigged to be as mean and nasty as possible. And so way-hypocritical by the…
Denial Ain’t Just A River
July 11, 2012AFTERNOON UPDATE (Below) One can truly believe Republicans are all mouth but no brains — knock it down without any talk of an alternative: In the last year and a half, House Republicans have sent…
No Getting Over It
July 10, 2012Early this Tuesday, not quite 4 A.M. here on California’s northern coast, a morning of cool, moist fog with a day ahead of most likely the same — the sun might burn it off later…
Extreme Fireworks: ‘A truly peculiar moment’
July 4, 2012Here on California’s northern coast it’s cool and moist way-early this July 4, and most-likely will evolve into another sweet day — clear and warm. Nowadays, the word, ‘warm,’ however, is way-relative. Travel just a…
Gas of ‘Plunder’
July 3, 2012Although prices at us gas pumps are down and people will still hit the road this week, they won’t spend much along the way, especially for patriotic merchandise, including flags, apparel and decorations. And the…
Wet Or Not To Wet
June 26, 2012In a time when time waits for no sonofabitch, our climate is shifting right in front of our eyes and noses. Only ignorance or delusion could keep anyone from becoming fairly alarmed at the state…