Archive for the 'Nature' Category

Saco River Maine

Yesterday I was standing on the banks of the Saco River in Steep Falls Maine. This was as far from Thailand as I’ll get this year. My sister and brother-in-law have been asking when I was heading back to see my families. I haven’t an answer for them or myself this weekend. My bank accounts […]

Free Okeechobee

Leslie’s son and I have formed the Free Okeechobee Movement.
“If you take down the dikes then the lake will flood everything.” His mom shook her head.
“So?” We both said.
2008 Peter Nolan Smith
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Chinese Monkey-Face Pig

Villagers were shocked after a monkey-like piglet was born in China.
Curious locals flocked to the home of owner Feng Changlin after news of the piglet spread in Fengzhang village, Xiping township.
“It’s hideous. No one will be willing to buy it, and it scares the family to even look at it!” Feng told Oriental Today.
He says […]

Thai Water Buffalo Revival

A warning to farangs living in Thailand.
Be prepared for an onslaught of ’sick buffalo’ complaints from your girlfriends, as up-country relatives switch from tractors to water buffaloes to work their fields.
The King of Thailand has proclaimed for years that the water buffalo was a vital part of the nation’s agriculture and the animal is […]

Hurricane Bertha / Palm Beach

I’m living in Palm Beach. The Atlantic is about 100 yards away from the house on King’s Road. A Storm surge of twenty feet would put me under water and National Hurricane Center has alerted the public that the storm Bertha has strengthened to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season. It’s generating winds […]