Why is going barefoot groovy?? Well, bare feet are healthier, more fun, and better in-touch with the ground below you. My favorite place for barefoot hiking is near all the lakes and waterfalls in the forested mountains of Western NC.
Saw a new barefooters online website: http://www.livingbarefoot.info/ that also Twitters: http://twitter.com/Living_barefoot .
Groove how you groove.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Monday, June 29, 2009
The weather's boring compared to the Climate!
A title I use not lightly after surviving in the town as a Tornado hit last Friday (Connecticut):
http://www.courant.com/community/wethersfield/hc-wethersfield-ct-tornado-farmington-broad-st,0,2470956.story
Apparently 1979 was the last major tornado around here. A home on the other end of my family's town up here that got "sliced in half" last week is noteworthy and saddening for the residents and community. We and our home are gratefully unscathed.
But enough human interest for now; there may be important news.
Let's ask the Arctic ice scientists!
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC):
nsidc.org : NSIDC unclassified real-time Arctic ice melt data
The questions I have submitted:
They are scientists, not editorialists. I'm an editorialist. And they have shown strong evidence of an underreported acceleration of the effects of global warming in the Arctic. Thanks for their work!
http://www.courant.com/community/wethersfield/hc-wethersfield-ct-tornado-farmington-broad-st,0,2470956.story
Apparently 1979 was the last major tornado around here. A home on the other end of my family's town up here that got "sliced in half" last week is noteworthy and saddening for the residents and community. We and our home are gratefully unscathed.
But enough human interest for now; there may be important news.
Let's ask the Arctic ice scientists!
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC):
nsidc.org : NSIDC unclassified real-time Arctic ice melt data
The questions I have submitted:
Have you decided when your next press release will be?
We are seeing record-high atmospheric measures of CO2 and the lowest solar activity in many decades in the same recent time period. Recessions have not appeared to have sufficiently stemmed large increases in industrial greenhouse-gas emissions. Current and recent data measuring arctic ice extent track statistically close to the record-lows of arctic ice extent that were reached in 2007. If emissions keep growing, as the next solar maximum is approached around 2013, and with feedback from current and past arctic melt decreasing area for ice albedo (and possibly increasing release of previously frozen methane), are scientists honestly warning the public loudly enough? How quickly could multiple feedbacks result in intolerable, irreparable harm to the global environment?
Your organization is a phenomenal service for providing such important information and data for all readers.
Thanks, NSIDC scientists!
-- Ryvr - Asheville, NC
They are scientists, not editorialists. I'm an editorialist. And they have shown strong evidence of an underreported acceleration of the effects of global warming in the Arctic. Thanks for their work!
Meta and Mixed Monday
So my plan is to make this one an eclectic "anything goes" blog, and also to launch a separate:
- Guitar & Music blog
&
- Fiction & Poetry blog
Guitar / Music:
If you're interested in learning some guitar basics, you should definitely check out Justin Sandercoe's online by-donation video lessons:
http://www.justinguitar.com/
and now for a brief fiction snippet break ...
The Professional Women of Purgatory by Ryvr
The tribe of aging women signaled among themselves their intention to move on to the next house on the street. Their nearly synchronized steps began in a motion quite slower than the second-hand on an old clock, building smoothly to a Southern mosey tempo.
After arriving several meters down the road, arranged like a school of fish, they drifted to a set of new tasks. A few mutters served plenty well for communication to direct each to her correct assignment. Some prestidigitated quick structural repairs to the house by use of clever tricks since there were not actually materials to use for patching. Changing the angle of a shutter to lay a shadow over a severe crack in the edifice was happily effective. A small group efficiently corralled fallen branches and leaves into a tidy pile. These would be collected for burning before the cool of Autumn.
The women studied the ground intensely since it would be like sacrilege for them to acknowledge the approaching carriage pulled by a horse. One woman who mentioned weeks ago how nice it would be to hear the sound of a car engine was no longer welcome with the group. She had made it sound as though things had changed.
The man with somewhat greasy hair hanging well down his back gently shook his reins. He smiled wistfully to see these women wandering around their dead neighborhood. They were like ghosts in purgatory who could not move into the new heaven, and they still thought suburbia was alive.
And for entertainment and historical purposes, you may view my old blog at: http://ryvrscrawl.blogspot.com/ ... I will undertake a post-mortem review of what was right and wrong in that blog within the next few weeks.
- Guitar & Music blog
&
- Fiction & Poetry blog
Guitar / Music:
If you're interested in learning some guitar basics, you should definitely check out Justin Sandercoe's online by-donation video lessons:
http://www.justinguitar.com/
and now for a brief fiction snippet break ...
The Professional Women of Purgatory by Ryvr
The tribe of aging women signaled among themselves their intention to move on to the next house on the street. Their nearly synchronized steps began in a motion quite slower than the second-hand on an old clock, building smoothly to a Southern mosey tempo.
After arriving several meters down the road, arranged like a school of fish, they drifted to a set of new tasks. A few mutters served plenty well for communication to direct each to her correct assignment. Some prestidigitated quick structural repairs to the house by use of clever tricks since there were not actually materials to use for patching. Changing the angle of a shutter to lay a shadow over a severe crack in the edifice was happily effective. A small group efficiently corralled fallen branches and leaves into a tidy pile. These would be collected for burning before the cool of Autumn.
The women studied the ground intensely since it would be like sacrilege for them to acknowledge the approaching carriage pulled by a horse. One woman who mentioned weeks ago how nice it would be to hear the sound of a car engine was no longer welcome with the group. She had made it sound as though things had changed.
The man with somewhat greasy hair hanging well down his back gently shook his reins. He smiled wistfully to see these women wandering around their dead neighborhood. They were like ghosts in purgatory who could not move into the new heaven, and they still thought suburbia was alive.
And for entertainment and historical purposes, you may view my old blog at: http://ryvrscrawl.blogspot.com/ ... I will undertake a post-mortem review of what was right and wrong in that blog within the next few weeks.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Sunday Night: Week Eve's Really Important News
* Arctic Sea Ice Extent Tracking Close to 2007 Record-Lows
According to data collected by the National Snow and Ice Data Center of Boulder, Colorado, the area covered by ice in the Arctic early this summer is once again near the record-low levels that occurred in 2007.
Earlier in June, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a record-high measurement of atmospheric CO2 concentration of 390.18 parts per million. This is up from 370 ppm in 2001 when George W. Bush assumed office and from 333 ppm in 1977 when Jimmy Carter became President.
Data: http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/ , ftp://ftp.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccg/co2/trends/co2_mm_mlo.txt
* Coup D'Etat in Honduras; Hugo Chávez threatens military force to protect Honduran democracy
From the UK Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/28/honduras-zelaya-coup-chavez
According to data collected by the National Snow and Ice Data Center of Boulder, Colorado, the area covered by ice in the Arctic early this summer is once again near the record-low levels that occurred in 2007.
Earlier in June, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a record-high measurement of atmospheric CO2 concentration of 390.18 parts per million. This is up from 370 ppm in 2001 when George W. Bush assumed office and from 333 ppm in 1977 when Jimmy Carter became President.
Data: http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/ , ftp://ftp.cmdl.noaa.gov/ccg/co2/trends/co2_mm_mlo.txt
* Coup D'Etat in Honduras; Hugo Chávez threatens military force to protect Honduran democracy
From the UK Guardian:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/28/honduras-zelaya-coup-chavez
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