Climate Change or Not, Trees Around Here Are In Trouble

Every day the news brings more drought news around here. Today it’s about the trees… Houston’s trees need help. It may not be obvious yet, but without substantial rain in

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Lifescapes: Susan Wittig Albert

Reading note. As a responsible omnivore, I need to know where my food comes from and understand and respect the needs of the fellow creatures whose deaths make my life

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The Long Hot Texas Summer Started…

Quite a while ago. The temperature yesterday in my backyard hit 95°. The US Drought Map has us at the highest level of drought they differentiate. The good news for

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This Is What Secession Looks Like?

As a major drought settles in on the state of Texas, the main problem with all of last years tea party campaign rhetoric about secession comes home to roost. When you wake

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Weather Update – The Drought Continues

Continuing the conversation from earlier in the month… Forget about May flowers, Houston needs April showers to break a severe drought. The latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows

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