I’m deep into writing my next book. It takes a lot of work, and I don’t just mean time and attention. As part of the process, I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art today. I wanted to see finished great works of art to inspire me, but I also hoped to see something in particular, and I found some examples. I wanted to see sketches and studies. Sometimes a[…] Keep reading →

You’d think the problem with sleeping in summer weather would be the heat and humidity. I wake up sweating several nights per summer and it’s annoying. I don’t want to touch the sheets and it’s hard to fall back asleep. Still, I think of many places that are hotter and more humid than here where people have lived for thousands of years. Also, after a few nights of it, I[…] Keep reading →

I wrote last week about how people decline free produce in my post More fresh juicy local peaches and heirloom tomatoes than I can handle, saved from waste by rich and poor alike. The people declining them include from homeless, probably crazy maybe homeless people as well as volunteers who appear mainstream, likely without a worry about money or food. Here’s an heirloom tomato I got for free that many[…] Keep reading →

The Washington Post‘s Climate Coach column by Michael Coren quoted me today. Here’s the part with my quote, which responded to his column last week about people figuring out solar on their own when they can’t install it on their buildings, which is my case. Did I let my coop board or the Department of Buildings stop me? No, because I live by values including Do Unto Others As You[…] Keep reading →

I found a podcast episode from the Cato Institute, where I spoke last year and met some wonderful people: How Does Libertarianism Deal with the Problem of Pollution?. I’m posting quotes from them mainly for future reference. Sorry if the post isn’t my most readable, but my main response: Lack of hands-on practical experience leads them to opposed their own values. They think no pollution means the end of civilization,[…] Keep reading →

If I’m going to post my certificates from Leadership Institute and Hillsdale College classes, you can bet I would post that I got certified in CPR. The training was provided to auxiliary police officers. It was optional, but once I heard it was offered, I knew I wanted to do it. I hope no one around me ever has their heart stop, but if it happens, I hope my training[…] Keep reading →

I responded to a blog I follow on zero waste cooking and didn’t think much of the response. I’ll give the context then what I wrote, then the author’s response. Context: The author wrote about how to use freezers to reduce food waste. I know from hands-on practical experience that home refrigerators and freezers may help leftovers from a given meal from going bad, but systemically, they lead to more[…] Keep reading →

I have a PhD in physics, the most advanced degree in the most fundamental science. It was my priority for most of a decade. I loved and still love the field. I believe if you want to understand our situation, you must understand science or at least its findings. I also consider nature among the most beautiful thing to learn about. Scientists found out about our environmental situation. They project[…] Keep reading →

Environmentalists constantly point out BP promoting personal carbon footprints and bizarrely use it as an excuse not to act. It would seem counterproductive except when you remember that people are less rational than rationalizing. Whatever their words, if they pollute and deplete without meaningful attempt to change, their deeds oppose their words. Environmentalists rarely have hands-on practical experience trying to live sustainably. Do you know any who are trying to[…] Keep reading →