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, …
Tag: elderberries
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 …
Coming Up for Air
Wow, that was an intense few weeks. I know there are many comments I have not replied to; I will work on doing that in the coming days. The garden is still busy but has begun to slow down as the days get shorter and autumn looms. I have four large freezer bags of elderberries …
