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By Posted on Posted in Community, Environment, science 4 Comments

Path of least resistance AND looking at new ways of getting information (mostly for me) out of my “second brain” of Roam Research (“networked tool for thought) and into a place that has at least a weak possibility of finding its way into other minds and unlikely conversation: So I will, from time to time, post stuff in this fashion. In this instance, all “highlights” are pulled directly from the long article to help me better understand the content. In future, at times, I …

On Herd Immunity: or Not Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Floyd County, HomeAndHearth 2 Comments

DREAMING IS FREE It is good again to have a dream: We will be able to start a symbolic (if not a vastly productive) garden at The Other Place. It was preying on me–that we would be helpless and dependent there compared to our relative independence on Goose Creek. No wood heat. No water without power. No garden until year two. So I asked permission to till up a patch to start enjoying the full days of sunlight and warmth we will have there …

Morning Pages ~ 20 March ’20 Read more »

By Posted on Posted in Floyd County, Travels 2 Comments

The repairs for which the road residents were first given a heads-up for completion in October of last year (after Hurricane Michael removed most of Goose Creek) is finally happening this week. And since October we’ve been driving through water, in and out of the valley here, with wheel rims and brakes staying wet and rusty now for more than a half-year. The culvert under the concrete (poured in the early 70s) had filled with debris and could not be cleaned out. The concrete …

Can’t Get There from Here Read more »