YES! Magazine Exclusive Interview :: Pete Seeger “I remember Pete Seeger from when I was a child and this story-telling, banjo-picking singer would come on his sloop, the Clearwater, to the neglected little parks that…

This was in my morning email news feed from Grist…     TOP STORY With Gore Galore Al Gore will run as Independent for president, Bloomberg tapped as veep You might want to sit down…

Another Reason To Be A Localvore… Did Your Shopping List Kill a Songbird? – New York Times Migratory songbirds like bobolinks, barn swallows and Eastern kingbirds are suffering mysterious population declines, and pesticides may well…

Now this is just wrong… Katrina aid recipients may have to pay back millions | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle NEW ORLEANS — Imagine that your home was reduced to mold-covered wood framing by Hurricane Katrina….

For everyone who has heard Clinton won Texas (over and over and over again), the voting ain’t over till it’s over… Party’s not over for Texas Democratic caucus-goers | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle Clinton, a…

A daily thought from Eknath Easwaran is delivered to my inbox by The Blue Mountain Center of Meditation. Each thought causes me to reflect a bit as I prepare to leave the house each morning….

On the drive in to work this morning I had to stop and shot this field of yellow wildflowers with the moon setting above. Truth be told I had to drive away from work to…

Eugene Robinson has a really good muse on the Iraq war in todays column…It starts with this: Eugene Robinson – 4,000 Dead for What? – washingtonpost.com When U.S. military deaths in Iraq hit a round…

It’s not just the laws that have been passed. It’s not just the laws that have been vetoed. It’s not just the laws that GW Bush has said don’t apply to him as he signed…

Paul Krugman has an informative column up today… Contrary to popular belief, the stock market crash of 1929 wasn’t the defining moment of the Great Depression. What turned an ordinary recession into a civilization-threatening slump…

I’m a liberal, and I loathe the anti-American things Wright said precisely because I believe that the genius of our country is its capacity for self-correction. Progressivism and, yes, hope itself depend on a belief…

On the first day of spring I don’t know whether to welcome spring or to welcome it back after our preview of summer over the weekend…This morning is starting out at 47° with the prognosticators…

I see from my weather report that we are having another anomalous day where the temperature here matches my favorite ares of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Of course in order for this to have happened…

E. J. Dionne Jr. – The Street on Welfare – washingtonpost.com Never do I want to hear again from my conservative friends about how brilliant capitalists are, how much they deserve their seven-figure salaries and…

Ozone Rules Weakened at Bush’s Behest – washingtonpost.com The Environmental Protection Agency weakened one part of its new limits on smog-forming ozone after an unusual last-minute intervention by President Bush, according to documents released by…

It looks like we will need to cultivate that 1990’s dial-up Zen attitude of waiting for the download. Overload looming for the Internet? | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle Caution: Heavy Internet traffic ahead. Delays possible….

Lord you know it’s bad when Keith Olbermman finds himself compelled to call you on your actions…Something reserved mainly for President Bush. Special Comment – The News Hole – msnbc.com Finally, as promised, a Special…

When this year started, I figured the Democratic Party had a really good thing going. There were low polling numbers for the Republicans and we had some really good candidates running. As the primaries and…

Where is the Cookie Monster (oops…sorry) when you need him?

A personal observation from my polling place yesterday…There were lines on the Democratic side of the room but none on the Republican side. And this area is mostly Republican. We don’t field a full slate…

A shot from last year’s trail ride by my office on the southern edge of Houston. On the trail ride, cowpokes draw a crowd | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle On Tuesday, Davis and about 200…

The political novelty of actual campaign money being spent by national candidates in Texas is a subject of conversation around the water cooler at work. Between the two of the, Clinton and Obama have spent…

Save it for a rainy day… Reacquiring the  daily blogging habit after any layoff is tough. Doing it at the end of winter when you are just marking time while the season rolls over is…

It’s been a long few days on the couch (and a lot of West Wing episodes through the DVD). I am feeling better, though weak, so it’s back to the grind today. I’ll try to…

Just wanted to let anyone who may wonder what has happened to me that I seem to have gotten the flue…Been holed up on the couch and the bed for three days now and it…

Coming in to work this morning the light from the rising sun lit up the trees beautifully. Had I not been 30 minutes late already I would have stopped and gone for some shots. The…

At least that is what the Washington Post is saying… System Worries Clinton Backers – washingtonpost.com Supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton are worried that convoluted delegate rules in Texas could water down the impact…

I have been voting in Presidential Primaries and Elections since the 1970’s and never once have I seen anything other than local election commercials. Today I have seen multiple Obama spots and even a Clinton…

I generally try very hard to keep from going off about politics. I have even sidelined my political musings at my other blog because there just didn’t seem to be much use. Bush was going…

Smile everybody. YouTube.com is three today. Registered on February 15, 2005… Happy Birthday YouTube… ++++++++++ Well the redbirds are back this morning. The kitchen door is open again with outside temperatures in the mid 60’s….

It was just eight days ago that I took myself off on my annual Birthday/Photo Roadtrip. This image is one of the ones I captured on that day. This shot was taken in San Bernard…

The sunset last evening was fairly nice. Clearing skies after a round of rough weather blew through on a cold front. Here is a shot of the abandoned jeep my ex-neighbors left behind… The back…

I haven’t been in tune with Garrison for a while but today’s poem seems to have something to say about where I am…right now. We’ll never get there, Time is always ahead of us, running…

More from my birthday roadtrip… This photo was taken at about the location of the cross hair on the map below, facing west across the Brazos River. The white smudge on the horizon is smoke…

From my Wednesday drive… Deserted beaches are why I spend my birthday watching waves…Texas winter weather is what makes it worthwhile. Handbook of Texas Online – SURFSIDE BEACH, TX SURFSIDE BEACH, TEXAS. Surfside Beach, also…

Well looky here…Texas could have something to say about who is running for President. Not something I would have expected before Tuesday. What a turn around for the state that first elected George W Bush…

It was a great trip…not so great for pictures, but a hell of a way to recharge the psychic batteries. The weather was beautiful. Nothing but blue skies and sunshine. Temperatures started out cool in…

No matter what the weather brings tomorrow, I will spend the day on my annual photo road trip/beach meditation party. This will be the third annual event. A holiday from work I present to myself….

via whiskey river “Just as the highest and the lowest notes are equally inaudible, so perhaps, is the greatest sense and the greatest nonsense equally unintelligible.” – Alan Watts I find that quote both disturbing…

I read this in the latest “News From Vermont” sent out by Burr Morse…This issue was written by Weston Cate. It doesn’t make any difference whether or not the Ground Hog sees his shadow on…

Our run of not half bad weekends continues…The sun is out in a mostly clear sky. The temperature is already threatening to pass 60 degrees on this midwinter Saturday morning. As I sat here musing…

Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge Brazoria County, Texas Dec 2006 This week’s challenge: ‘Misty’. Please read our Participant Guide before deciding to submit a link. Your link must be to a static page that will always…

‘Tis the last day of January and the month has flown. We seem to be riding a weather roller coaster this week. Three mornings ago it was in the low 40’s the next day was…

What a difference a day can make…Yesterday at this time it was 70° outside, today it’s 44. It looks like winter is back for a day or two. I heard the prognosticator on the radio…

One of the first blog’s I began to read regularly a couple of years ago was Patry Francis’ Simply Wait. I kept returning because of the finely crafted personal stories she told on her blog….

It ain’t much of a question…But lately as I get up in the morning or read email of a evening, I find myself searching for a reason to start a conversation. Even if I’m only…

The level of concentration that has been required for the past few weeks at my day job has had consequences on the level of posting going on at this blog. By the time I get…

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