The UN report last week saying that humanity has failed to limit global warming to 1.5 C prompted quite a flurry of news reports. But the news should come as no surprise to anyone who has been paying even a tiny bit of attention. Ever since the 2015 Climate Accords and the resulting Paris Agreement, …
A Quickie
Popping in to say hi. Hi! What I've been doing: So many elderberries What James has been doing: Elderberry-rhubarb jam, or elderbarb as we call it, our own invention. And yesterday James and I had a Day of Mindfulness at a local Vietnamese Buddhist Temple that practices in the Plum Village tradition as taught by …
Squashed
Hello Friends! The summer heat has broken and what a relief it is! Temperatures this past week have ranged between 75F/24C to 85F/29C, which is what “normal summer” should be. That’s not to say there won’t be a 90F/32C day slipping in now and then, there will be, there always is. Only, the likelihood of …
Cicada Season
Hello Friends! whirligig zinnias with bumblebee Having reached Lughnasadh and Lammas, halfway between the Summer Solstice and the Autumn Equinox, we are moving into late summer and fair and sweet corn season. I’m not much of a fair goer, I like the concept, but the crowds are too much for me. If I go to …
Under the Dome
No, not the Stephen King book, or the three seasons of the series based on the book that James and I hate watched every single episode of and then laughed ourselves silly at the snarky commentary at Reactor Magazine (then Tor). No, this was a week-long heat dome. The heat dome moved away Friday night, …
