Driving onto Russell St. in Baltimore City from I-295 about a week ago I spotted a billboard sign just like this one. It was across the street from the new Horseshoe Casino. (Ironic. On purpose?) What a message! Which will …
get a gander at the coming season while still sane? Last week “Baltimore Style” was delivered through the mail slot and, when coming upon Kate Hudson’s article “Garden Variety” and the lush images of photographer Kirsten Beckerman, I felt lit …
With Weekly Snow and/or Ice to Contend with Recently, Isn’t It Time to… Read more »
A couple of weeks ago, I posted about two basic camps: “There are those who are more of the “egalitarian” and “communitarian” mindset, and those who are more of the”hierarchical” and “individualistic” mindset.” Now comes a recent news article contending …
(<< good one, eh?) A notorious, if not famous, climate-denier is the man who just took over again as Chairman of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) Remember his 2012 book, The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming …
“Americans Fall into Two Basic Camps.” (about climate change, Part II) Read more »
On good days, I’m even a bit curious about “climate-deniers,” as they’re called in some corners. Self: How can they think that way? Kinda amazing. Other days I feel frustrated because from what I’ve learned thus far on the matter …
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There are statistics about the polar ice caps melting and polar bears left on small bergs, isolated. This phenomenom appears to be accelerating as the oceans warm. The power of nature is shown in this 5 min. film. Turning to …
(Part I of Ocean Acidification appeared on 1/7 on this blog.) Says author Elizabeth Kolbert: “The way corals change the world–with huge construction projects spanning multiple generations–might be likened to the way that humans do, with this crucial difference. Instead …
A parishioner friend introduced me to biodynamic vintning the other week. As I wasn’t copacetic on the matter, he spared my ignorance by immediately telling me what that means for wine drinkers. By way of definition from The Biodynamic Association, …
Wow! Pope Francis is planning to release sometime this summer an encyclical on the environment. What an important voice to be heard… According to a tagline about it in today’s edition of the Baltimore Sun: “U. S. conservatives are attacking …
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On an city hike earlier today, we came upon this Station North urban farm where we spotted a bunch of hens (roosters are illegal), a coop, active bee hives and tilled land that surely had produced some agricultural products last growing season. …