This morning I walked with a small bag of recycling to the grocery about a quarter mile away where for years now I've been taking bottles and cans, metal, plastic, and glass. There had been rumors that there was too much trouble associated with it and that the store wasn't keeping it. Well, 99.9 percent of the citizens who used this center, in a heavily populated area, were no trouble. There are many huge apartment buildings near it that do not have recycling. And now the closest recycling center is an easy two miles away, too far for the trek that me and my dog made at least twice a month. We'd go into the store and cash out, then to the dog food store to buy her treats.
So I've decided that I will no longer recycle because this is just too far, and too much time, BUT I AM NO LONGER BUYING ANY BOTTLED OR CANNED BEVERAGES THAT CANNOT BE RECYCLED from that store, and overall my purchasing of these will be limited to situations in which I need a beverage out somewhere, when there is no water fountain and need fluid.
7/27/17
7/25/17
DON'T WASTE AN EGG!
Just leaned that it takes 50 gallons of water to produce one chicken egg like you buy in the grocery store in 12 packs, so full of protein!
How the mathematicians figure this kind of thing out, I don't know.
Now I feel really bad about the day I forgot I had four eggs on the boil and, by the time I came back from walking the dog, they had exploded and were all over the kitchen wall!
How the mathematicians figure this kind of thing out, I don't know.
Now I feel really bad about the day I forgot I had four eggs on the boil and, by the time I came back from walking the dog, they had exploded and were all over the kitchen wall!
7/21/17
5/28/17
BLUE WHALE FEMALE KILLED BY BONE BREAKING HIT BY SHIP
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS - DEAD WHALE WASHED UP ALONG N. CAL. BEACH
She's 79 feet long but the ship plowed into her and probably didn't feel a bump. I'm beginning to think I may stop eating sea food all together. Who needs cruises if they can't use all the sophisticated equipment they have to watch out for whales!
She's 79 feet long but the ship plowed into her and probably didn't feel a bump. I'm beginning to think I may stop eating sea food all together. Who needs cruises if they can't use all the sophisticated equipment they have to watch out for whales!
5/21/17
5/16/17
PACIFIC ISLAND WITH THE WORST PLASTIC POLLUTION IN THE WORLD
BBC : UNIHABITED ISLAND WITH THE WORST PLASTIC DENSITY
EXCERPTS: The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, described how remote islands act as a "sink" for the world's rubbish....
It is 190km (120 miles) from Pitcairn Island, about 5,000km from Chile, and sits near the centre of the South Pacific Gyre - a massive rotating current. ... It is 190km (120 miles) from Pitcairn Island, about 5,000km from Chile, and sits near the center of the South Pacific Gyre - a massive rotating current.
EXCERPTS: The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, described how remote islands act as a "sink" for the world's rubbish....
It is 190km (120 miles) from Pitcairn Island, about 5,000km from Chile, and sits near the centre of the South Pacific Gyre - a massive rotating current. ... It is 190km (120 miles) from Pitcairn Island, about 5,000km from Chile, and sits near the center of the South Pacific Gyre - a massive rotating current.
5/8/17
THE LONG BEACH BABY SHARK, CLIMATE CHANGE, JAWS, and the EARTH AS A SENTIENT BEING
Today I saw a bit of TV news and a baby shark was spotted off the coast of Long Beach by a paddle boarder not too far off shore. As a result warning signs were posted. Not to panic anyone. Just be aware.
The newscaster mentioned that some scientists (the ones that believe in Earth Changes and Global Warming) think that it's changes in water temperatures (and therefore currents) that are bringing sharks closer into shore, not just off Long Beach, California, but any ocean that has sharks. I agree that this is a strong possibility.
But there are so many different types of sharks and generally they are not all JAWS looking to chomp boats in half that interfere in their feeding on people.
A couple years ago I saw the film JAWS again, one of director Steven Spielberg's earliest efforts, and it was so suspenseful the way it was filmed and edited. It starts with missing children and a frantic mom on a crowded beach and goes from there, upping the horror until the huge shark goes after the scientists and fishermen alike.
It stands to reason that when the earth itself is warmer, the oceans are going to be warmer too. Now some people think the earth is a sentient being in its own right, a living thinking being, who makes its adjustments as it needs to in order to preserve its own life. These people may be the most radical of all the Earth Changes - Global Warming devotes, but you never know. It's also possible. There is so much we do not understand yet, so much that the scientists are working on, that whenever I read about another sea creature that might be a mermaid washing up on shore, I think "Why not?" Why are there stories of mermaids in so many cultures around the globe? (Including inland, lake and river mermaids!)
Yours,
Siren
The newscaster mentioned that some scientists (the ones that believe in Earth Changes and Global Warming) think that it's changes in water temperatures (and therefore currents) that are bringing sharks closer into shore, not just off Long Beach, California, but any ocean that has sharks. I agree that this is a strong possibility.
But there are so many different types of sharks and generally they are not all JAWS looking to chomp boats in half that interfere in their feeding on people.
A couple years ago I saw the film JAWS again, one of director Steven Spielberg's earliest efforts, and it was so suspenseful the way it was filmed and edited. It starts with missing children and a frantic mom on a crowded beach and goes from there, upping the horror until the huge shark goes after the scientists and fishermen alike.
It stands to reason that when the earth itself is warmer, the oceans are going to be warmer too. Now some people think the earth is a sentient being in its own right, a living thinking being, who makes its adjustments as it needs to in order to preserve its own life. These people may be the most radical of all the Earth Changes - Global Warming devotes, but you never know. It's also possible. There is so much we do not understand yet, so much that the scientists are working on, that whenever I read about another sea creature that might be a mermaid washing up on shore, I think "Why not?" Why are there stories of mermaids in so many cultures around the globe? (Including inland, lake and river mermaids!)
Yours,
Siren
5/1/17
GREEN SCENE #2 PUT A LID ON LITTER
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