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Whole Lot of Whistling Going On

Posted on December 6, 2014 by theozarker

December 6, 2014     After reading, this week, about how falling oil prices – and, thus, falling gasoline prices – will be such a boon to the global economy (and lord knows it could use a little boon, right now,) I’m … Continue reading →

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First Hard Frost

Posted on November 1, 2014 by theozarker

November 1, 2014   Last night, our first hard frost arrived. Temperatures fell into the mid twenties as a cold front moved through. I was about as ready as I could be, knowing that warmer, more normal fall temperatures were on … Continue reading →

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Buzz, Buzz

Posted on October 4, 2014 by theozarker

October 4, 2014    After reading the blog post, “The Buffalo Wind”, over at the Archdruid Report http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/ last Wednesday evening, I reread it over at Resilience.org, while I was there on Thursday, and again (twice) on Friday. No, I have … Continue reading →

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The Storm is Now

Posted on March 1, 2014 by theozarker

March 1, 2014 The weatherman told us we’d have a small storm, yesterday – some freezing rain, possibly snow. As it was, we had a little rain as the system moved through. We didn’t even get that, at this end … Continue reading →

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Staying Warm this Winter

Posted on February 1, 2014 by theozarker

February 1, 2014  After opening the December utility bill, (my first winter bill for the whole house,) and nearly having a heart attack, I decided I’d better find a way to reduce my dependence on the gas furnace. Granted, my … Continue reading →

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Winter Solstice

Posted on December 21, 2013 by theozarker

December 21, 2013      We had rain last night. As the temperature dropped below freezing, it froze on the tree branches turning them to crystal by the time I woke up this morning. Lovely. As the temperature rises above … Continue reading →

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Veterans Day

Posted on November 9, 2013 by theozarker

November 9, 2013 Monday, Veterans Day, we pay honor to the veterans of our various wars. Whatever you think about the validity of those wars and despite our penchant for seeing our veterans as either super heroes or super villains, … Continue reading →

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Witches’ Brew

Posted on June 22, 2013 by theozarker

June 22, 2013 Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn, and cauldron bubble … Macbeth Act 4, scene 1, 10–11 Over the last week’s readings of economic news, I noticed that: 1) Interbank funding between the countries of the Eurozone … Continue reading →

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And To The Republic For Which It Stands

Posted on June 15, 2013 by theozarker

June 15, 2013 Well, we just had one of those whiz-bang Ozark thunderstorms, with a lightning strike that shut down power (and therefore, my computer) just long enough to erase everything I’d written for the blog post at the time. … Continue reading →

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What Did We Expect?

Posted on June 8, 2013 by theozarker

June 8, 2013 The big kerfuffle this week across the nation, of course, has been the discovery of just how far the Empire’s collecting of information on its own citizens through the NSA has gone in the name of fighting … Continue reading →

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