Since I left college in the ‘60s, my “thankful” list has shrunk. The “not thankful” list is on its second ream of paper. Ah, Thanksgiving. The time to be thankful, as tradition […]
A day to not be thankful …
Walden: How many of you have actually read it?
#16: Walden by Henry David Thoreau Walden is one of those books everyone’s heard of, but I frequently wonder how many people have actually read it. It is, of course, the very stuff […]
New York's state parks an easy target in times of budgetary crisis
Text and photos by Talbot Eckweiler Part one in a five-part series. EDITOR’S NOTE: New York again faces a devastating state budget shortfall. Last year, when wrestling with an $8.2 billion budget […]
Nota Bene #118: VOTE!
“I am not fit for this office and should never have been here.” Who said it?
Nota Bene #111: Mmmmm… Beeeeeer
Sorry for the long absence. Let’s carry on, shall we? “If you listen to the guys up in the stands, pretty soon you’ll be up there sitting with them.” Who said it?
Waste not want not (Blog Action Day)
I have no doubt that the climate is changing, nor that it will continue to change. It seems reasonably well established that the Earth has gone through extreme climate swings in the […]
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