A recent comment on a blog: "It's not about what I'm saying about them. It's about what I want to do to them, and that is unprintable." .....putzes, diabolical, dangerous, narcissistic, con artists, a dangerous cult, The Great White Hope, the Great White Hoax, drumpf, T-rump, perverts, sex traffickers, cannibals, democRATS.... "Trumpism as innuendo and … Continue reading Republiturds or Libertards?
Heritage Oaks
Three of us stood under trees at the end of a long crumbling asphalt driveway joking and talking about the upcoming election. To our right, a large culvert, filled with water from recent rains punctuated the bottom of green grassy slopes leading upward on either side to distant houses that couldn't have been more different. … Continue reading Heritage Oaks
Greta Thunberg: How She Became a Leader of the Global Climate Movement – Rolling Stone
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/greta-thunberg-climate-crisis-cover-965949/ Greta is an amazing young activist who inspires so many of us. You can read more about her here.
Natural Resources as Our Legacy
I don't usually get political on my blog posts, but today I am going to. So if that upsets you, you might want to go back and read a different post. This one is about our environment. Christina Wood, an environmental law professor at the University of Oregon, lives in Eugene, Oregon and is the … Continue reading Natural Resources as Our Legacy
Come On, Team America!
In the 80's a fellow teacher and I put together a multi-disciplinary unit based on Hot Zone, a book by Richard Preston written about an Ebola outbreak. In this true story, monkeys imported from Asia to Reston, Virginia for research purposes were suddenly getting sick. Originally, the monkey handler didn't know what was going on … Continue reading Come On, Team America!
Co-existing With Corona Nervosa
Me and Dad Back in the Day It's been said that each generation has its own worldly burdens to bear and finding the entire world grinding to a halt as we confront this unprecedented pandemic is certainly one of ours. We will feel the economic impact of what is happening for months and perhaps years … Continue reading Co-existing With Corona Nervosa
A Fifty Mile Trip
Captain Stewart, shame on you! Your greed in selling that salt and those shingles made you venture out, short handed, along a heavily fog encrusted coast in Northern Michigan. With a crew of only three to battle the wintry gale that blew in that Friday evening in early May? Did you not stop to consider … Continue reading A Fifty Mile Trip
A Northern Perspective
"Up North" is a land of wizened souls and the courageous . My people tell tales of great migrations: Indians in canoes, sowing rice in shallow rivers; of Blacks running up from the South seeking freedom; French fur trappers sent by LaSalle, and farmers from all parts of Europe clamoring for fruit growing land. Yes, the … Continue reading A Northern Perspective
Colonel Cordero
Oh, seeds of rebellion and chaos born of colonization! Could we not have held firm in our Spanish conquest against the Mexicans? We had the love of God behind us with our missions, canons, and swords of security to fortify us. Add to that good hearted Canary Islanders to settle a happy San Antonio to … Continue reading Colonel Cordero
Live All You Can!
"Live all you can; it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?" (Henry James in The Ambassadors) If I had one piece of advice to share with others, it would be something … Continue reading Live All You Can!
