I have almost finished emptying and packing up the upstairs bathroom. There’re only 4 closets, 2 offices, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, a kitchen, laundry room, living room and dining room to go. Also one carport. Of course, we don’t yet have a house to go to. We just need to…

And now we’ve quantified the ecocide. The war in Ukraine — thousands of civilians killed, kidnapped, tortured, mutilated; millions forced to flee, houses, schools and hospitals destroyed, dam destroyed, nuclear power plant compromised, millions of tons of grain disappeared. The deliberate destruction and collapse of Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam was…

The Bumblebee And Her Flowers Ms. Bumblebee, the former Ms. Humblebee (“The honie-bags steale from the humble Bees,” A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Willie the Shake, c. 1596) laps nectar from an aster. The relationship between bumblebees and flowers is complicated, as we say. Bumblebees do not have ears, but they’re…

Optimism only when you remove rose-colored fantasy goggles and see the facts. I have uncomfortable feelings and thoughts about the recent spate of optimistic climate future presentations — Yale Climate Connections’ boosting of Rebecca Solnit’s Not Too Late is a prime example. I usually wind up feeling that anything I have to say will be viewed as the bad thing in the…

I take photos of nature and wild animals, and now and again I post one of my images on Instagram. There are other photographers on IG whose work I follow, and museums and galleries, curators, and critics. Every now and again I will post a comment on somebody’s post; usually…

I’ve been thinking about our ancestors of 13,000 years ago, the people who painted and carved on the caves in Spain and France. They lived in a cold period known as the Older Dryas, and they hunted and gathered, followed the wild herds, and made stunning art. The paintings of…

Ah, the roaring, swaying, singing-along stadium crowd, the aroma of marijuana, the light shows, fireworks, videos, joyful emotional atmosphere. My god, how I’ve missed this. Along with the 30,000 people in Fenway Park Tuesday night who came out to hear Sir Paul McCartney and his band. Everybody had a good…

1. The National Rifle Association is holding its convention this weekend in Houston. Senator Ted Cruz, Texas Governor Greg Abbott, ex president Trump, etc. will be there. The media should interview them and NRA officers — Wayne LaPierre, et al — and get them all on the record about the…

Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine has catalyzed a worldwide northern tier grassroots war against Putin’s evil. Corporations, private individuals, banks, governments are fighting Putin. At some point, it will become clear to world leaders that the Rule of Law is toothless if it can’t withstand a murderous demon with nukes…