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Water Rising?

These berms made of rock were put in along this road to my place of employment a couple years ago to keep king tides from flooding the road. Yesterday the road definitely flooded. I had to move some logs off the road yesterday on my way home once the tide had retired back to whereContinueContinue reading “Water Rising?”

Thoughts on Indigenous

I am not indigenous. My ancestors came from other places. But recent reading made me think about the whole concept. Googling tells me this: “Indigeneity is a term that refers to people or objects that are native to a certain region or environment. For example, Native American nations and Aboriginal Australians are considered indigenous. IndigeneityContinueContinue reading “Thoughts on Indigenous”

Still air and clear skies-

Clear, frosty (probably mid 20’s) A picture from early in the year. These are a sign of a cold night here. And it was indeed a cold night again. I was prepared for it this time having shut off my water before hand to prevent any damage to my pipes. Pipes that are not asContinueContinue reading “Still air and clear skies-“

Get Them While You Can

Climate change, regime change, and preventable illness. I can’t tell you how many times a day I hear around this area that scientists and Doctors are fake and out to harm people. As someone who has a degree in the sciences it’s rather insulting and also false. Why would we spend our whole lives tryingContinueContinue reading “Get Them While You Can”

Cheap Milk and Silent Screams (read my response below this powerful poem)

by Heide Brandes they’re dancing in the streets tonightcelebrating someone else’s painlike hyenas drunk on blood and fearwhile the milk goes sour in their refrigerators the television blares about savings at the megamartand nobody remembers how to grow their own freedom anymorethey revel like gloating goats, shittingand prancing on expensive things like rights, equality andContinueContinue reading “Cheap Milk and Silent Screams (read my response below this powerful poem)”

A Rare Heatwave

Three years ago we were suddenly experiencing record breaking heat for this area. We found ourselves under what was termed a heat dome. Heat dome was a new term for me. Growing up in the Sacramento valley in CA, I was no stranger to heat. We had what was called an inversion layer that coveredContinueContinue reading “A Rare Heatwave”