Tuesday February 4. The siblings had decided to have a tropical vacation together. Just the four of us, plus spouses. Total of six. What could go wrong? In Costa Rica. Pura Vida! Now the date had arrived. After all the… Read More »My Costa Rica Holiday in 2025 – Part One
I am writing this on January 20th 2025. I could have written it closer to the start of the year but today convinced me concerning some actions I have been considering in recent weeks. Various bits of environmental news were… Read More »22nd January 2025. Another New Year in This Rather Strange World.
(Want to start at Part 1? Go here.) And On the Tenth Day… Anyway, the tenth day dawned and there we were. In Amsterdam, being turfed onto the wharf several hours before any hotel in Amsterdam was ready to receive… Read More »Iceland and Amsterdam – What could be better? Part 4: Amsterdam At Last and the End of the Journey
(Want to start at Part 1? Go here.) Day Seven – Let’s Go Underneath Edinburgh Day 7 and we had travelled around the top of Scotland to arrive at Edinburgh. Or at least we had arrived at the port that… Read More »Iceland and Amsterdam – What could be better?Part 3: Edinburgh and Newcastle – Back to civilization.
(Want to start at Part 1? Go here.) Back on board I rendezvoused with my three new friends – the solo travellers – for dinner. Our conversations are infinitely better than most I have had on cruise ships. The first… Read More »Iceland and Amsterdam – What could be better? Part 2: Djupivogur and on to the Isle of Skye and the Orkneys
Reykjavik On my last big trip I had a clear goal – to find my perfect beach. I was in places I had never been before and mostly alone, but I was in a country I was totally at home… Read More »Iceland and Amsterdam – What could be better?Part 1: Reykjavik and Heimaey
Have the world’s coral reefs already passed a tipping point? That is the headline of an article in Grist this week concerning the latest circumtropical coral bleaching event now taking place. It’s a sad question in several respects. First, it’s… Read More »Reefs Passed the Tipping Point Long Ago.
I am saddened to write this short comment on this particular day. But it emphasizes how unwilling, or incapable, humanity seems to be when it comes to living within the capacity of the planet to support us. The world is… Read More »Getting Real for Earth Day – Addendum
On April 22nd 1970 the first Earth Day was celebrated across the United States as students and mentors in schools and universities across the country participated in teach-ins and demonstrations about the environmental crisis. Some 20 million Americans participated in… Read More »Getting Real for Earth Day