Category Archives: Environment

Day Five Forty Days of Rain

October 2, 2023 – 4:45 pm

In Genesis 7:4 Yahweh said four thousand years ago, “For in seven days I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.? In early September the Eastern Seaboard had been torched by a heat […]

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The Future of Now

September 15, 2023 – 1:21 pm

In the Age of Species Reassignment We seem to stand alone Detached from the us Embraced by the Me.ness of the Constant Now. We breathe poisoned air We eat poisoned food Plastic covers the Earth The oceans die The stars disappear from view. The world population in 2050 500 million I will be 98 Will […]

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We Are Alone

June 10, 2023 – 5:25 pm

And the Aliens thought themselves Gods Divine beings destined for the stars Traveling in Hydrogen-fission spacecraft On a Holy mission To spread the Word To the Heathen Extra-Terrestrials The first meeting happened long ago Hunters greeting tri-podites They taught us life Now we ready for the Bible-jihad We are Gods in our minds. More Shiva […]

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Rain, Sleet, and Snow

March 18, 2023 – 7:12 am

Back in 2012 St. Padraic’s Day was blessed with spring weather. The next day was even warmer, especially since I had traveled south to the Northern Neck of the Potomac. Charles, Ms. Carolina, and I stood at the end of the dock. A super-sized moon roses over the far shore and the equinox sun set […]

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Times Asshole – John Tierney of the NY Times

August 26, 2022 – 5:16 pm

Fourteen years ago John Tierney, a right-wing pundit, had been hired by the NY TIMES to attract readership from the Fox News suburbs. I had been angered at the Times publishing this head-in-the-sand Op-Ed piece. The Grand Old Lady had dropped her knickers for the SUV mass-suicidists of America. I hadn’t written a rebuttal back […]

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