Original anecdotes, commentary, rumination, and occasional pontification.
OCTOBER 15, 2025 – Recently, a friend with years of observing and participating in the world, told me that the two things she worries about most for her children and grandchildren are (a) climate change; and (b) our democracy. I would put those same two concerns at the top of the list. Nearly all other …
JULY 31, 2025 – Partly by design but also by default, I’ve not read much lately that counts as news. Two, three times a day I scroll through a newsfeed, to see what’s happening, or more precisely, what’s being reported. As is so often the case, it’s what’s happening that we don’t hear or read …
JULY 7, 2025 – The flash flood disaster in Texas is so horrific, it’s got to trigger a flicker of empathy in the heart of even the most extreme sociopath. I can’t imagine being a parent, grandparent or other close loved one of a camper who perished, not to mention of any of the many …
JANUARY 11, 2025 – The images of Armageddon coming out of southern California form a veritable horror film. For the time being, the apocalyptic movie diverts us from whatever else in the world would command our attention. Amidst the regular reports of the role of climate change in the disaster and finger-pointing at various levels …
NOVEMBER 11, 2024 – Today the world rotated yet again and made all of us a day older. In my own little corner of the globe I experienced enough to fill at least two episodes of the current season of my imaginary Netflix series. Otherwise put . . . to capture for posterity the details …
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 – Without being on the ground . . . er, in the water . . . a person can’t fully grasp the devastation that visited parts of the American Southeast late last week. Faster than you can say “flash flood” 10 times, we who weren’t affected directly will be on to other …