Category Archives: Nature

Hello It’s Me

November 18, 2011 – 6:23 am

The train tracks from Boston to New York were laid through the western pine barrens of Rhode Island in the 19th Century. The pine forests grow on deep sand deposits left over from the glacial melting of the Ice Age. The Kingston Pine Barrens have resisted population and one winter afternoon in 1979 I was [...]

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Worse Than A Bad Hand

November 14, 2011 – 7:15 am

The epic monsoon floods on 2011 are slowly receding from the record highwater marks throughout the country. Hundreds of Thai citizens have perished from the inundation. Industry and agriculture have suffered from the disruption of the infrastructure. Inner Bangkok escaped the catastrophe as promised by the government, but the outskirts joined the Central Thailand underwater. [...]

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The Flood Of The Century

November 9, 2011 – 5:00 am

The monsoon rains struck South East Asia with ferocity this year. Rivers overflowed their banks and villages were inundated by the swollen streams. Thais are accustomed to floods, but this monsoon season took the country by surprise. In August I drove hub-deep through Sukhothai on my way to the ancient city. My daughter thought it [...]

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7 Billion More or Less

October 30, 2011 – 2:02 pm

The population of the planet in 1952 was approximately 2.635 billion people. I was born in May that year. I will be 60 in seven months. The UN announced this week that humanity has reached seven billion people faster than predicted by the most Malthusian experts on growth. The death rate of 150,000 people each [...]

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The River Is Wide

October 29, 2011 – 1:40 pm

In August I took my daughter Angie to the highest point in Thailand. Doi Inthaton was wraithed by fog and I lent her my jacket, even though I had bought her a bright pink poncho in Chiang Mai. She liked anything to do with me. Angie is my daughter. She and I climbed to the [...]

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