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- Ithaca, NY: A Best City
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A Brief Life Lived Well: Kevyn Alcoin’s Testament to Beauty
You probably never heard of Kevyn Aucoin. I hadn’t either till just recently. How many good people we miss in the stream of life, despite the myriad strands of humanity linking all of us. Kevyn became famous as a celebrity … Continue reading
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Tagged cometologist, gay, inner female beauty, Kevyn Alcoin, make-up
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William Carlos Williams’ “Willow Poem”: Defying Temporality
“Willow Poem” It is a willow when summer is over, a willow by the river from which no leaf has fallen nor bitten by the sun turned orange or crimson. The leaves cling and grow paler, swing and grow paler … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged American poetry, modern poetry, Poetry, William Carlos Williams
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Is Anybody Listening? Voter Apathy on Climate Change
American media should be ashamed! Here we are, facing an unparalleled survival crisis, yet the absence of climate change from Thursday’s Democrat debate. (No opportunity for discussing the Green New Deal.) Then there is the apathy of many Americans. Three … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic, Arctic meltdown, climate change, climate crisis, Democratic debate, Donald Trump, environment, globalwarming, Naomi Klein
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Setting an Example: Berkeley Outlaws Natural Gas
The Berkeley City Council has unanimously voted to ban natural gas in all new construction, a move critics say imposes higher utility costs on the poor. Beginning January 1, 2020, new homes, townhouses and small apartment buildings will be without … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged BereleyCity Council, Berkeley, hydraulic fracking, natural gas
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Ithaca, NY: A Best City
Ithaca, New York, at the southern end of Cayuga Lake, is a progressive town of about 30,000 people and hub to one of the state´s prettiest areas of undulating rural greenery, consisting of vineyards, apple orchards, pastoral farms and scattered … Continue reading
And a Child Shall Lead Them
Today, May 24, was another walk-out-of-school day for thousands of children in 110 countries, urging their governments to take quick and meaningful action to avert environmental catastrophe. If only the politicians, and us, for that matter, would listen. It’s certainly, … Continue reading
Coming to Our Senses
Do you remember any of those asteroid disaster movies? Depending on how you do the counting, there were at least seven of these goosebump films, assuring you nightly bouts with insomnia. One of my favorites has to be Meteor (1979), … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
Tagged Alternative für Deutschland, Antarctica, Arctic, climate change, climatologists, climatology, Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, Donald Trump, European Institue of Climate and Energy, Global Warming, Green New Deal, gulf Stream, Heartland Institute, Humboldt current, long range weather forecasts, long ranger weather forecasts, meterologists, meterology, Petition Project, Pew Research Center, United Nations
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Scrubbing George Washington from History: Who’s Next?
Just a few days ago comes news that a San Francisco school district is mulling getting rid of a series of murals honoring our first president because a commissioned working group alleges it’s traumatizing students. Imagine my surprise that founding … Continue reading
A weekend Romp with Georgia O’Keeffe
My daughter has been visiting us the last several days in connection with her Amazon conference in Albuquerque. Since we moved to Santa Fe from Kentucky last July, she’s been curious to see what drew us here, so we’ve been … Continue reading
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Tagged Abiquiu, Georgia O'Keefe Museum, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ghost Ranch, Santa Fe
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Oliver Sacks’ Ambivalence on Living in the Digital Age
There isn’t anything I enjoy more in a stress-laden world than a time-out for a good read. Books lend me a purview of how others experience life, lending sagacity and connection with my fellows. Books teach me that I’m not … Continue reading
