Legacy Mercury
by Bill Schlesinger Legacy pollution occurs when emissions of a pollutant from long ago persist in the environment and return to impact us at a later time. About 8 months…
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February 7, 2022
A History of Snow
by Kevin T McEneaney A vague beginning, unknowable end, in terms of timeline, and when it’s working, as it is now, one cannot calculate the number of snowflakes falling right…
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February 1, 2022
Recycling glass and other household stuff
by Bill Schlesinger Many folks feel good when they take waste materials to their local recycling center. What they may not realize is that what they deliver—paper, cardboard, glass, plastic…
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January 24, 2022
Homer’s Odyssey, Book One
In 1991 I acquired the paperback edition of A Commentary on Homer’s Odyssey by Stephen Huebeck, Stephanie West, and J.B. Hainsworth, which had first appeared in hardback from Clarendon in…
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January 11, 2022
Closing the Nutrient Loop
by Bill Schlesinger In preindustrial times, human excrement was recognized as a fertilizer; it was gathered up and delivered to farm fields by the “Honey Wagon.” That was closed-loop nutrient…
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January 10, 2022
Rural Ramble
Verbank Village Falls by KTM by Kevin T McEneaney Rural Ramble That gentle tapping of rain on the roof in winter offers a sigh of relief when landscape is…
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January 4, 2022
State of the Union
by Kevin T McEneaney All birds have been demoted for singing too early in the morning, also for appearing in too many lyric poems, thus, occupying space better given to…
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December 31, 2021
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