environment | environment
May.08.2013
Six years living upon the Atlantic Ocean taught me this. When everything strips away (the comfort of warmed and cooled buildings; the security of roads, gas stations, armies and on-call doctors; the spin of advertisers, twenty-four hour news producers, and politicians; the camaraderie and routine...
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May.08.2013
Six years living upon the Atlantic Ocean taught me this. When everything strips away (the comfort of warmed and cooled buildings; the security of roads, gas stations, armies and on-call doctors; the spin of advertisers, twenty-four hour news producers, and politicians; the camaraderie and routine...
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Apr.04.2013
There are a lot of ways that a person might go back to nature. If you lived in Europe, as an aficionado of medieval technology, you might consider splitting a large tree fork in half, and use each side of the split to form the gable of a roof. You would drive posts, into the ground...
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Mar.04.2013
The inscription under the statue of Edward VII in Phillip's Square, Montreal. Here's a video of the place.
Funny, we don't really look at statues or monuments. They are a kind of 3-D wallpaper. And we only read the inscriptions when we are tourists...
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Feb.07.2013
"She is the grandmother of all tigers," nine year-old Jai told my friend P. and me, as we gazed from the top of our elephant upon the gold and black tiger reclining in the tall grass. Jai, son of the Lodge manager, and the two of us had ridden with...
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Feb.06.2013
For over fifteen years I’ve hiked the same trails, encountering many mammals, insects, reptiles and birds. One of my favorite encounters is the roadrunner. Here, in Southern California, the breed is known as the Greater Roadrunner, taxonomically classification: Geococcyx Californianus, meaning "...
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Jan.22.2013
I'm always on the look out for a great quote. I saw a wonderful one yesterday (there was no attribute; else I would cite it).
The quote said this:
"Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead, invest your...
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Dec.02.2012
I have a number of signed mint copies of The Sacred Hoop, published in 1979 by Sierra Club Books for sale through this web site. The book includes illustrations and was designed by the late James Robertson of Yolla Bolly Press, a design that won awards. Please contact me through Red...
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Oct.30.2012
I understand why people get behind, feel so passionately about, the environment.
I spent this past weekend at the beach. I took a walk Sunday morning. I was hoping to beat the Halloween candy to my ass, so I was walking fast and sweating to Rihanna. I reached the breakwater and...
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Oct.09.2012
The writing day yesterday was another delight exploring words and writing stories, although the world didn't necessarily support me in my efforts.
The computer’s Monday blues continued Monday night as unrest spread from the computers and the internet to cable television. Since we use voice...
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