These Old Bones…They Ain’t What They Once Were.

Leave to a youngish mind in a middleaged, out of shape body to discover the hard way (always the hard way) that he cannot still do everything he once did.

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Tuesday Morning Spring Muse

After hitting the 80’s on Sunday, with morning rain adding to the humidity and clear afternoon skies letting the sun beat down on this part of the world, I made

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Earth Day Is On It’s Way

I saw this announcement in the local news email this week… The city’s biggest family celebration begins at 9 a.m. Saturday at Discovery Green, a large green space in the

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Goodbye to a Legend in His Own Mind

You know, Tom Delay had been my Congressman for most of my adult life. I have been voting against him for that entire length of time. Today I am happy

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At least US News gets the problem with the economy.

I continue to hear and read stories about how the business analysts cannot explain the general feeling of unease that the public keeps feeling over the “Robust American Economy”. The

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Daily Kos: Science Friday: Tis The Season

Daily Kos: Science Friday: Tis The Season: “Science Friday: Tis The Season by DarkSyde Fri Jun 02, 2006 at 03:41:48 AM PDT In the aftermath of the devastating 2005 hurricane

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Is U.S. Ready for Hurricane Season?

You know as a resident of the Texas Gulf Coast, living less than 5o miles from the Gulf of Mexico I read articles like this and I am worried, very

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Unseasonable Spring

I was sitting at the kitchen table this morning with the doors and windows open enjoying our unseasonably cool morning, answering email and reading the daily news and views (as

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