You might say the Blackstone Valley was Alexander Hamilton’s dream come true. He wanted the U.S. to grow into an industrial and international powerhouse. This was the subject on which he and Thomas Jefferson fought. Jefferson wanted democracy and a… Read More ›
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) recently confirmed that there are now more than 70 active Bald Eagle nests in the Bay State, including the first nesting effort on Cape Cod since 1905. This nest, located in a… Read More ›
We named our little sailboat Gwaihir, the wind lord. Really, she was a wind lady and the name was a bit pretentious for such a tiny boat. Somehow, I thought it would be a lucky name. She was a 16-foot Soling with a centerboard. She drew a… Read More ›
I don’t usually publish donation ads, but this particular one is near and dear to my heart. I read Gerald Durrell’s books when I was a kid and continued reading them into adulthood. From him I learned about saving rare… Read More ›
America was born bankrupt. We won a war we shouldn’t have won and created a country without any funding or industry. That’s the good part. The rest of it, not so much. The United States is named that because we… Read More ›
We have long known — more than a hundred years and I suspect a lot longer than that — how what we do to Earth is a tragedy in slow motion. But the tragedy is not slow anymore. There is… Read More ›
George R. Stewart and Earth Day Many people credit the Sierra Club’s Exhibit This Is The American Earth and the subsequent Sierra Club book based on the exhibit as the foundation of Earth Day. Others credit the first Whole Earth photographs taken… Read More ›
Hi Humanity. Earth here. I just heard that today you are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. You seem to think it’s a pretty big deal. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I appreciate you noticing me. I’ve been… Read More ›
Trump is an awful man. I can’t seem to find something positive to say about him and for me, that’s unusual. I can always empathize, even with very bad people (not including one ex-husband). But not Trump. For him, I… Read More ›
Despite all evidence to the contrary, I continue to hope that we will come to our senses and save our wild creatures. That being said, I have serious doubts that anything larger than a squirrel will survive in the wild. I… Read More ›
Hi Mankind. This is Earth again. Some of you call me Earth, some call me Terra, some call me Gaia. Call me what you want. Just don’t call me late for dinner. (I still don’t really get that joke, but… Read More ›
Trump is an awful man. I can’t seem to find something positive to say about him and for me, that’s unusual. I can always empathize, even with very bad people (not including one ex-husband). But not Trump. For him, I… Read More ›
I got up and went into the kitchen. It was snowing. Just a little bit at that point. Just a dusting — a rather wet dusting. I figured it was going to stop any minute, but it kept on snowing… Read More ›
In his amazing predictive authoring, Stewart revived the earth by a plague. Is it here? The book is available in paperback from Amazon and as an audiobook. I have both versions. I’ve read it (repeatedly) and listened to it (at… Read More ›
I couldn’t say it better. I’m not sure anyone could say it better. Walt Kelly, we miss you.
Fandango’s Provocative Question #56 This week’s question is taken from Melanie’s “Share Your World” for the week. And my answer is an expansion of what I wrote on that post. The world is on fire and we will all burn. No… Read More ›
8 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in the New Make-or-Break Decade by Sarah Parsons – January 15, 2020 The world was not kind to the environment over the past decade, the warmest in recorded history. Superstorm Sandy caused more than $70 billion of damages in… Read More ›
Garry was a working reporter for more than 40 years, so you have to figure I have an interest in the news. I never watched all the news. I didn’t think every shooting or fatal car accident was news. Just… Read More ›
I started reading an article about what’s going on in Tasmania and Australia. The apocalyptic heat. The fires. The dying animals. The dying giant kelp. Dead koalas falling from the trees. I got about halfway through the article and couldn’t… Read More ›
I feel like I need to keep blogging on the off-chance that whatever I’m writing, someone is reading it and thinks a little differently because of what I wrote. The politics of the country are also getting painful. I can’t… Read More ›
Fandango’s Provocative Question #47 A provocative question today that I think currently means very little. It probably meant something 200-years ago, but now? I doubt it. Here’s the question: Personally? I think we reached it years ago — probably at least… Read More ›
Garry is forever telling me that I do make a difference even though I usually can’t see how. But this is actual evidence that I have made a difference to at least one person and hopefully, a few others. The… Read More ›
FOWC with Fandango — Ruler Let me start by saying I do not want to rule the world. I don’t even want to rule this house. Not even a tiny corner of it. I get exhausted trying to manage dogs, convince… Read More ›
NOTE: I’m not putting in any pictures of dead creatures, malls, or rivers the color of fire. These are too depressing. There are plenty of pictures of slaughtered animals, poisonous rivers, dead malls. If you have the stomach for it,… Read More ›
