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Tag Archives: The world around us
Being Old in Wintertime
December 7, 2013 We are getting old together – the cat, the dog and I. The cat, who is thirteen, now, has turned gray around the head and tail, sleeps a lot more and, although still curious, sometimes needs my … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, collapse, Death, Morality, preparing emotionally, The world around us
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While We Wait
September 7, 2013 Well, since most of the world community seems unwilling to do much more than, as one political wag put it, “hold the President’s coat” while he kills Syrians with missiles and bombs to keep them from getting … Continue reading
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Tagged current events, gardening, The world around us, Warfare and Conflict
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A Mouse in the House
August 3, 2013 For the first time in two years, I have a mouse in my house. Of course, mice are not unusual for a 113 year old house, though between the cat, the mouse traps and several of those … Continue reading
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Tagged collapse, current events, The world around us, Warfare and Conflict
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What’s Going On In My Garden
July 27, 2013 What’s going on in my garden, so far this year, seems to echo what’s going on in the wider world. Everything that survived the ravenous rabbits seems to be just sort of hanging in there. The trash … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged collapse, gardening, preparing emotionally, The world around us
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Next Week
March 9, 2013 Yesterday, we had sunshine and a temperature of fifty-eight, but the south wind – up around twenty-five mph – made it a chilly fifty-eight if you were out in it for very long. I wasn’t. That’s a … Continue reading
Snow and Consequences
February 23, 2013 Well, we had a winter storm, such as it was here in Springfield, late Wednesday night into Thursday afternoon. It amounted to about two inches of snow-sleet mix (light on the snow and heavy on the sleet) … Continue reading
Posted in Gardening, Uncategorized
Tagged Climate change, gardening, Peak oil, the economy, The world around us
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Resolutions and Predictions
January 5, 2013 Right off the bat, I’ll tell you that I don’t make resolutions or predictions. Having arrived at seventy-two a couple of months ago, most of my resoluting over 2013 will go into sticking around to see what … Continue reading
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Tagged Morality, preparing emotionally, self sufficiency, the new year, The world around us
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Some Thoughts After an April Fools Day Prank
April 7, 2012 Last Sunday, I went out to the backyard to check on the volunteer potatoes I thought were growing in the trash barrel of old soil where I’d grown potatoes previously, only to find that the sprouts, which … Continue reading
The World Is Too Much With Us
March 3, 2012 The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon … – … Continue reading
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Tagged current events, environment, gardening, Iran, Morality, The world around us
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The Changing Face of MENA
October 22, 2011 Saddam Hussein, once our tyrant-ally, is long gone, dragged from his hidey-hole by American troops, tried in an Iraqi court and subsequently hung several years ago. Ben Ali of Tunisia and Mubarak of Egypt have been deposed … Continue reading
The Conflicted Doomer 