Walking Leroy in the Valley — Episode 15 (abridged)
June 22, 2020Another blurb of Leroy and me on a hike along the Rascal Bike Path here in Merced, a city of a bit more than 80,000 about an hour north of Fresno on the 99, heatedly-blistering…
Tag Archives: Environment
Words of Wisdom
June 20, 2020In the mishmash of shit flowing through the airwaves nowadays, some words of wisdom from 17-year-old climate-change crusader, Greta Thunberg, who ignites the slender, but strong-adjoining thread between the coronavirus pandemic and the way-crisis in…
Walking Leroy in the Valley — Episode 14 (abridged)
June 12, 2020Breezy and not all-that-warm this late-afternoon Friday here in California’s Central Valley. Compared to yesterday (101-degrees), today has been a snap — it’s 77 right now and with cool gusts the ambiance is near-comfortable. Another…
Backyard
June 5, 2020Breezy and nice this late-afternoon Friday in California’s Central Valley, though in the mid-80s the air is way-cooler than the last two/three days, which saw temps in triple digits close to sundown. And we’re getting…
Record High CO2 — Climate Scientist: ‘A reminder that climate change is not on pause in any way, shape or form’
June 4, 2020Just short of the Thursday noon hour here in California’s Central Valley with temperatures near 100-degrees already as we get set for another hot/hottest afternoon ahead. Not much breeze, either, which makes the heat feel…
Walking Leroy in the Valley — Episode 12 (abridged)
May 20, 2020Another buzz in California’s Central Valley this Wednesday afternoon, and once again a-walking Leroy along a portion of the Rascal Bike Path here in Merced, located in that self-same valley. Also another example of Leroy…
T-Rump Says Number of US COVID-19 Cases ‘A Badge of Honor”
May 19, 2020A sunny and breezy early-evening Tuesday here in California’s Central Valley. Big, white clouds, too, and a cool-ish temperature (70-degrees right now) and an unfamiliar feel to the air — we had some fairly-heavy hail…
Walking Leroy in the Valley — Episode Nine (abridged)
May 8, 2020Up early today, Leroy and I out to transverse our small portion of the Rascal Bike Path here in Merced, but it was already getting warm, thus, not a long walk. Enough for us, though.…
T-Rump/Pence: ‘They Remain in Great Health’
May 7, 2020(h/t Miss Cellania). A couple of items weirder than normal, and ghastly, too. Our life scenario seems to be edging in a general direction for a horrible situation-event to explode (even worse than right now),…
Walking Leroy in the Valley — Episode Eight (abridged)
May 6, 2020Dog-walking again today, Leroy and I on the Rascal Bike Path here in Merced. We’re getting up earlier, so the trips are much cooler, and for some reason, seemed to be a lot brighter. Pretty…