Category Archives: Environment
What Hatidze Knows
A woman in a desolate corner of North Macedonia claimed to be the last wild beekeeper in Europe made a splash at the Oscars. Her story told in Honeyland took three years to produce on a slim budget and was … Continue reading
Posted in Bee-line, Environment
Tagged bee hive, beekeeper, Bekirlija, Hatidze Muratova, North Macedonia, Oscars
1 Comment
Clean Water Matters
When we turn on a faucet we assume the water is safe to drink. It’s not a safe assumption in many countries, of course, but regarded here as an unwritten right and safeguarded by public officials (Ahem, what about Flint, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Health
Tagged Elk River, PFAS, pollution, Ralph Waldo Emerson, WV legislature
Comments Off on Clean Water Matters
The Dawn Chorus—Requiem for a Birder
The last hour of the night seems darkest after tossing and turning to wake from strange dreams with a pounding heart. But there is a spell that can cast off the pall if we listen at an open window in … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, Environment, Nature
Tagged Brown flicker, Carolina wren, Northern cardinal, Pileated woodpecker
4 Comments
My Neighbor's Maple Syrup Sugar Shack
There’s a family I know in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia that has made maple syrup for over a century. As they are now short-handed of youngsters leaving for city work and the retainers get older and frailer, I … Continue reading
Climate Change Sirens
I’m still reeling about our climate crisis/ emergency. We hear the urgency confirmed over and again by experts. Threats imagined far over the horizon that we thought we’d never see in our lifetime are now in plain sight (fires, inundations, … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Environment, Other
Tagged Al Gore, climate change, Global warming, Greenhouse effect, IPCC, Seven Sisters
Comments Off on Climate Change Sirens
Roger musing about Peace with Nature 