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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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Are They Really Trying to Kill Us?

Posted on October 18, 2014 by theozarker

October 18, 2014      Over the last couple of weeks, reading at doomer forums and the comment sections of some doomer blogs, I’ve seen some of the most irrational (and frankly, sometimes venal) conspiracy theories I’ve ever read. Come on, folks, … 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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Terminal Something

Posted on September 13, 2014 by theozarker

September 13, 2014    Seems like, this week, the Empire moved from terminally stupid to terminally insane, declaring an “air war” on IS in Iraq and Syria (even though we already have around 1500 “advisors” –all wearing boots, as one wag … Continue reading →

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Early Morning Thoughts

Posted on August 9, 2014 by theozarker

August 9, 2014  This morning, I did something I rarely do on blog post day. After reading some of the morning news, I went out into the garden. While it was still in shade from the walnut tree, while the … Continue reading →

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I Need a Vacation

Posted on May 17, 2014 by theozarker

May 17, 2014   Since today and tomorrow will be sunny and warmer (sunny mid to high sixties compared to rainy mid forties and fifties,) followed by seventies and eighties for all of next week, I am taking a vacation from … Continue reading →

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Reaping the Whirlwind

Posted on May 10, 2014 by theozarker

May 10, 2014  This will be a short post this week as I have spent most of the day looking at videos and pictures from the terrible Trade Union Building fire that took so many lives in Odessa, Ukraine, over … Continue reading →

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The Old Woman, The Disabled Dog and the Passive-Aggressive Cat

Posted on March 22, 2014 by theozarker

March 22, 2014  Over the last year since the dog and cat came to live with me, we have developed an odd, but serviceable working relationship. They grew up together and were even friends; now, both are old and wary … Continue reading →

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Time to Get Busy, Doomers

Posted on March 15, 2014 by theozarker

March 15, 2014  From what I’ve read in the news, this week, it looks like we may go to war with Russia next week. Not a shooting war, (not yet, anyway,) but an economic war that in some ways is … Continue reading →

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War, Wobblies and Winter Gardens

Posted on November 5, 2011 by theozarker

November 5, 2011 A lot of people opined this week about the possibility of war with Iran. It does seem awfully convenient that we’re toying with the idea that Israel might have to smack down Iran’s nuclear efforts a week … Continue reading →

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