Category Archives: Environment

Rain, Sleet, and Snow – North Fork Virginia 2012

March 20, 2025 – 7:12 am

Back in 2012 St. Padraic’s Day was blessed with spring weather. The next day Sunday was even warmer, as I traveled south to the Northern Neck of the Potomac to meet with Ms. Carolina. She was not faring well and wanted to see me one last time. Her husband Charles thought it was a good […]

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Plastic Everywhere – Myrtle Avenue

October 22, 2024 – 11:05 am

I’ve taken to picking up plastic and cans and paper from the streets. Just so I can turn around and not see trash on the sidewalks. People buy snacks and drinks not for their health, but to just consume due to the relentless advertising from the corporate food chain. The most popular trash; potato chips. […]

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Going Up Country – Thai Style

April 26, 2024 – 8:49 am

Back in the 60s during their Woodstock concert Canned Heat had a small hit GOING UP COUNTRY. “Going up country, baby, do you want to come along?” After Altamont longhairs abandoned the rip-offs, bummers, and downers of the big cities to establish Aquarian communes in the hinterland offering free love, organic food, and reefer to […]

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Earth Day 2009

April 22, 2024 – 9:48 pm

I drank organic vodka in celebration of Earth Day. The mixer was organic ginger ale. Glass bottles. A glass glass. No plastic. It went well with my Happy Meal #3. Supposedly civilization started when hunter-gatherers discovered fermented fruits. One of them drank it. He survived and explained his out-of-the-body experience. The primitives understood that to […]

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Happy Earth Day Plus 1

April 22, 2024 – 10:28 am

Lately I’ve been arguing that the age of the car is coming to an end. Supporters of the meshing of fire, steel, and wheel guffaw my prediction. “Cars will always be with us.” Older adults are adamant about our addiction to cars without recognizing the generational shift in progress. “There are no cars in Star […]

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