Category Human Nature
Earth Day 2021 – This time we mean it
As if all those other Earth Days were just for show, or mere practice. No, I think we’ve accomplished something over the years. Perhaps not as much as we might have… and possibly less than what is needed. But imagine how tense matters might be if the seed hadn’t been planted, and the conversation had never […]
Time to clean a crystal ball?
Looking back at 2020 has gathered a lot of attention. Perhaps it should; might be cathartic. Like many, I’ve grown tired of ‘20. I think hope is warranted here and now. We certainly need to learn all we can from current difficulties – lest we fail in some future moment. We might fail to deal […]
Tracking time
Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November… all the rest have thirty-one, except February. But there are not a mere three lengths to our set of months. There are five different month lengths. How so? Daylight savings time. This year March was cheated out of an hour, and November gets an extra hour. For […]
On Longest Days
The Summer Solstice for 2020 just passed last Saturday (June 20, 2020). For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the longest day of the year*. And now for those of us in the North, the days get shorter until late December. The hottest days of the year here in the North are yet to […]
Earth day 2020 – Relative size
Earth Day. If I were to pretend to be the Earth, and I realized these pesky humans running all about the place had actually planned to set aside a day for me – well, what would it mean to me? What sort of happiness might it evoke? Or should it cause me pain, knowing that […]
Viral Veracity
Vaingloriously vetoing voluminous & vital viral veracity. Virtuously visualizing various valuable vaccines. Vehemently & volubly venting vitriol. Vituperating. Viewing virgin veldt. Going back and forth, vacillating between vindictive and valorous ruminations. Stepping back and away from our ordinary concerns – where we can achieve some social distance – many of us are searching for relevance. […]
Dropping the ball
Philosophical reflection on New Years and a New Decade… how might we all do better
No complaints
The weather is miserable. Not really news. So why complain, right? But imagine complaining is not even an option. The rabbits, squirrels, foxes, groundhogs, and deer just hunker down and put up with it. At least they’re warm blooded. The cold blooded must deal with it as well. And though evolution has provided them with […]
Bee ware
What ware would a bee wear if a bee could wear ware? A simple riff on the old groundhog question?* Ahh, not so fast. Apparently some Bavarians were wearing bee ware last Spring. And at least for their political aspirations – it worked. In Munich a petition was circulated last winter and spring to make sweeping […]
Reflections from/upon this Galactic Speck – Earth Day 2019
Reflection, noun: 1) the throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it. “the reflection of light” 2) serious thought or consideration. “she doesn’t get much time for reflection” Let’s do both. Prepositions will help us infer which of these two senses we mean. Reflection from Looking to the heavens […]
Gulliver's Pulse 
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