On this Columbus Day, I share the story of Christopher Columbus’s letter. For years, royal courts had rejected his proposals for an expedition to get to the Far East by going west across the Atlantic. The royals’ advisors knew about … Continued
This post contains two follow-ups to my September, 2024 essay,Toward a Commons culture. My essay, Toward a Commons culture, led to an invitation from journalist, Lucas Tauil, to be the first guest on his podcast, Entangled Futures. Lucas is a … Continued
A section of road we drive is exactly aligned east/west. During the equinoxes, we drive straight into the blinding sun rising due east and, in the evening, straight into the blinding sun setting due west. After the Spring Equinox, we … Continued
At the end of May I went kayaking in the Warner Wetlands with two friends. (Some images below) One thing I enjoyed was watching how their minds started wrestling with the same thoughts I wrestled with the first time I … Continued
When we started thinking of buying a piece of land to live on, we read a book that recommended walking on the land several times and camping on it before making an offer. So we did. The evening we camped, … Continued
I tend to blog about patterns in nature and the wisdom of working with them. I tend to avoid politics in my blog. But Trump’s presidency comes from such a different set of patterns that I feel a responsibility to … Continued
Dad’s Walnut TreeIn the early 1970’s, The Wall Street Journal reported on a machine developed in Japan that peeled sheets of veneer so thin that a good walnut tree trunk was worth $10,000 in early 1970’ dollars. Dad read that … Continued
Our winter evening sky is rich with planets doing interesting things. I wrote up a summary for our Chrysalis families. Then I thought you might also be interested. So here is the same slightly-revised article for you..Venus, the third brightest … Continued
After-thought on Toward a Commons culture Our rainy season’s first atmospheric river dropped 7” of fresh water in about three days, according to our garden’s rain gauge. It never poured really hard but it was sustained, often accompanied by strong … Continued
After finally getting Toward a Commons culture online, I celebrated by going out to Ahjumawi for three days of kayak camping. On the second day, coming back from a long, before-sunrise to midday drift through the marsh, I lay down … Continued