Category Archives: Nature

Iceless

June 7, 2013 – 10:02 pm

NASA scientists have extrapolated an image of an Antarctica minus its thick ice mass. The polar ice cap has been melting over the last century. Even global warming fanatics aren’t predicting that outcome, which would result in a 60 meter rise in the Earth’s sea levels. One more thing none of the research suggested that […]

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Hail To Da Chief

May 21, 2013 – 8:37 pm

Hail storms are rare in the Northeast, but this afternoon my comrade Eric Bad Boy experienced hail driving from Albany to the Berkshires. “I thought we going to get hit by a tornado. What’s it like in New York?” “Sunny and humid.” I was fighting traffic across the Manhattan Bridge. There wasn’t a cloud in […]

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Inspiration Point

April 5, 2013 – 9:26 am

The photo is of Inspiration Point at Yellowstone Park. At one time access to the razor sharp cornice was permissible. It’s been prohibited for years, but people are drawn to the danger and in 1999 I arrived to the scenic vista overlooking Yellowstone Falls at dawn. That time of day there were no tourists at […]

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DARKNESS DARKNESS by the Youngbloods

March 23, 2013 – 7:38 pm

At summer’s end radio stations compile the 1000 best songs of all time. HEY JUDE was dethroned by STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. SATISFACTION by the Rolling Stones enjoyed a brief moment in the sun, however my choice for best song was always DARKNESS DARKNESS, which Jesse Colin Young wrote in 1969 and performed with the Youngbloods. […]

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EARTH HOUR

March 23, 2013 – 7:25 pm

8:30 EST I’m shutting off my lights for Earth Hour. One hour without lights. And you?

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