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Notes from the Road crushes Patrick Moore's claims about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch from Chapter 6 of his book, highlighting scientific evidence and environmental impacts of oceanic plastic pollution.

A thought or two about the time I have left on this mortal coil and what I'll do with it

In today’s cringe-but-cute sapphic stories: two bisexual women enter The Bachelor. One is a small-town cowgirl, there because she truly hopes to find true love. The other wants fame, because…

Oftentimes I remind myself to be extra cautious about my buying habits on things. Hobbies like video games, manga, and toys/figures, I bought them but somehow did not really put…

[Paul Kiel at ProPublica]If we're going to improve on Medicare, we have to fund it - and it turns out that even today's Medicare taxes are being skipped out on…

In mid-November we hiked all of the trails at the Roy E. Larsen Sandyland Sanctuary, something we hadn’t done in several years. It’s on the list of hikes for my…

✈️ I'm getting ready for the trip to Brazil! I've got my travel checklist ready and started packing. I always travel with a carry-on and a backpack, and I just…

“The Substance,” one of the year’s best films, has become an indie success, and full credit should go to its visionary director, Coralie Fargeat. However, it turns out that the…

If you haven’t had the pleasure, you should double back and read the comments on this post from readers who have noticed things everyone else hasn’t. Not surprised to have…

Apple’s App Store Awards video for this year is mesmerizing. I’ve watched it many times already. There are some really good-looking apps on the list, and I just had to…

Each holiday season is heralded by treasured traditions and decor that taps into cherished memories. And perhaps no item is more synonymous with the season than the Christmas tree.While decorating…

I’m supposed to be sleeping in right now.  My daughter will be doing the morning rounds today, but… View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Re-Farmer (@the.refarmer)…

A dark and rainy dawn. Will anything mark the hidden sunrise? Yes: three crows fly right over the house, yelling. The rain continues.

I’m just about done with the fall semester and very much looking forward to some sustained writing, reading, and research time over what I’m calling “winter research leave.” The first…

I appeared on the Bail in the Midwest Podcast (Apple) to talk about crime and bail. Here is one bit: I’ve talked about capturing these people and recapturing them and…

81 years of your wordschanneling ties to writers before you–Baldwin, your brother-in-verse can breatheeasier now. heaven has its two wordplayersin one space again, what willit do? we’ll miss your timelesspoetry,…

Messages from my apartment office: There has been a brown medium sized dog found wandering around the courtyard with a sweatshirt on. Please contact the office if you know who…

Purple coneflowers, spotted in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The post Coneflowers first appeared on 75CentralPhotography.

What does it mean to win? Or what does it mean to achieve? Or what is victory? What is the secret?Or is there one?What does it take to keep going,…

Essentially, prostitution law punishes women for not being men.  –  “Mecca” The sick minds of police are compelled to project their own internal ugliness onto the external world.  –  “The…