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Death of a Lawn Mower
The novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald knew that Americans find public expression of their successful lives in a neatly groomed lawn. Jay Gatsby was so horrified at Nick Carroway’s ragged lawn next door that he sent his gardeners over to mow … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, garden, Nature, Other
Tagged Dutch white clover, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gatsby, lawn care, lawn mowing, scythe
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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
Vanishing honeybee colony
There were no bees at the hive entrance on mild days last month when I expected to see a few flying to look for flowers. To avoid starvation, I fed them home-made candy, but it was consumed slowly, a bad … Continue reading
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Tagged colony collapse disorder, honeybee, Langstroth hive
Coping with grief from climate change
Someone I know is undertaking professional training to counsel people about climate change resilience. People who lose someone or something they love to hurricanes, tornadoes and other catastrophes should be offered counselling, of course, and this need is likely to … Continue reading
