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The weather here has been very dry…at least until the past week or so. We have been having a spring-like amount of rain. After complaining for so long about the lack, it seems almost sacrilegious to say anything about the water we needed so bad.
After months of not having to mow on [...]

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Wouldn’t it make a great birthday present to the country if we could get serious about Energy Independence?
Yale Environment 360: As Energy Prices Rise, the Pressure to Drill Builds
Perhaps we should be amazed that America’s largest protected area — the 19.2 million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) — has remained inviolate this long. Politicians from [...]

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This has been a “wild” year around our house. So far this spring we have been blessed with four identical little armadillos, a litter of four raccoons, and a couple of opposiums.
Down in this part of Texas most of the older homes are built up on blocks so that they float above the ground. Basements [...]

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Shifting winds: A victory for island development | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Weather forecasters and climatologists have long warned that unbridled development of the vulnerable Gulf Coast is setting the stage for a disaster that might dwarf the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.
Coming hard on Katrina’s heels was Rita, which bypassed the Houston-Galveston area but revealed just [...]

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