Note: This piece was written well over a year ago during historic wildfires. Before the almost historic floods of the following winter. For some reason I wrote the whole thing, about two very different kinds of trees to be found in my patch of central California. Trees that have their impacts on people all over … Continue reading Stardust and smoke
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Yosemite Bear is hiding again
Some of Yosemite's wildlife have been getting awfully comfortable during the tourist-free period they have been experiencing. Bears in particular made free with fruit in the park's apple trees. The national park closed to the public for many days while over a thousand firefighters wrestled down a monster wildfire close to the park, two good, … Continue reading Yosemite Bear is hiding again
In the middle of the ocean we have to keep swimming
Approaching COP21 ... In Paris, 30 November - 11December 2015 I sit in the warm afternoon sun of the back yard this mid-November day, musing about the upcoming, awfully important Paris talks on climate change, in light of a recent scientific kerfuffle regarding mass extinctions on our pleasant little planet. Evidently these catastrophic events — … Continue reading In the middle of the ocean we have to keep swimming
Rising Over the Smoke 