Happy New Year to all my readers (and also to the much larger group of people in the world who are not my readers). Juliet Wilson, a writer and photographer I like a lot, just posted that in Edinburgh, Scotland, where she lives, she has never seen so much snow over such a long period [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Southern California'
The Poverty of Hyper-Individualism
March 17th, 2009 · No Comments · community, lifestyle
It’s 4:15 in the morning and I’ve already been up for an hour (insomnia is this writer’s best friend). I’m reflecting that I get lots of readership when I give advice on how to save money and reduce carbon emissions at the same time– slashing your electric bill, for instance, has been my best-seller at [...]
Tags: Bill McKibben·cars·consumption·Deep Economy·happiness·life·relationships·Southern California
From Desert To Forest
December 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments · lifestyle, nature
I was born in the Southern California desert:
Joshua trees praying to the dry sky ,
rain so rare that kids stayed home from school when it fell,
eucalyptus trees tangy in my nostrils.
Avocados six for a dollar at children’s sidewalk tables,
teenage girls working on their tans as seriously as their fathers worked for a [...]
Tags: bibliona·desert·environment·forest·laszlo-photo·life·Mount Tabor·Oregon·outdoors·Southern California·volcano
