National Geographic conservation article illustration I was re-reading a National Geographic article on conservation in America tonight. It noted that “conservation works.” For instance, efforts to save the peregrine falcon, the American bison, and the Pacific gray whale have succeeded, … Continue reading →
Nov. 2018 edition Just finished reading the cover article… Excerpt: “Western lands have been a subject of intense dispute ever since the U.S. Government seized them from native tribes.” Who took over were homesteaders, railroads, livestock barons, ranchers, mining syndicates… … Continue reading →
Neptune 360 water meter I just wrote a newspaper article about a village in our circulation area that’s going to these “smart” water meters. And part of this includes an app. that allows the resident to track the level of … Continue reading →
giant carrion beetle I just read a National Geographic article titled: “The Conservation Popularity Contest.” The crux is that advocacy groups have a tendency to focus on saving “charismatic species,” like the panda, the polar bear, koalas… Yet there are … Continue reading →
Nov. 2023 edition In my ongoing research on the environment, I was just reading part of an article in this National Geographic Magazine edition on various strategies to curb global warming. Klaus Lackner is a physicist with the Center for … Continue reading →
outskirts of Bluffton …photo by Joe (…the painter) Keeping up my populist image, not to mention having to pay for rent, food, gas… I was doing some exterior painting recently at an artist studio on the outskirts of Bluffton, adjacent … Continue reading →
The average price of gas in 1966 in America (the year this Mustang was manufactured) was 32 cents a gallon, the equivalent of $2.20 today. The average price of gas in America this week just topped $5 a gallon. Your … Continue reading →
Gas prices are climbing amidst the Ukrainian War and subsequent sanctions. Many in America are bemoaning the higher prices, but our administration wouldn’t be. The higher the gas prices, the more motorist conservation measures (driving slower, inflating tires properly, bicycling, … Continue reading →
I was reading part of this book today. One excerpt: “As a world community, we are actually standing by while thousands of children die every day from water scarcity and water borne diseases. Some 6,000 children a day die from … Continue reading →
Jesus said: “And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded…” This National Geographic magazine notes, among a whole lot of things, that one in eight … Continue reading →