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Ever Visited an Old Growth Redwood?

Posted on 2016-04-20 Updated on 2016-06-15

Greetings and Salutations;       Some of the most amazing and majestic trees left in America are the old… Read more

Posted in Cosmology, Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Snake Oil     Tags: death, drought, Dune, Frank, Global Climate Change, Redwoods     Leave a comment     


Brussels Bombed…and Americans say WHAT?

Posted on 2016-03-22 Updated on 2016-03-22

Greetings and Salutations; This morning, three bombs were set off in the heart of Brussels,   leading to the death… Read more

Posted in Ethics, General Thoughts, Nuttiness, Politics, Ruminations     Tags: Afghanistan, crusades, greed, history, Terrorism, war     Leave a comment     


Saving the Bees….And Butterflies…

Posted on 2015-12-22 Updated on 2016-04-23

  Greetings and Salutations;      The bees in America have a lot of stresses that are causing them to… Read more

Posted in Beekeeping, Hive and Colony care, Ruminations, Uncategorized     Tags: butterflies, flowers, habitat, neonicinidoid pesticides     Leave a comment     


Some interesting questions…

Posted on 2015-12-17 Updated on 2021-01-08

Greetings and Salutations;      A relative posted some questions about the issues of terrorism in the world today,  and,… Read more

Posted in Ethics, General, Humanity, Nuttiness, Questionable decisions, Ruminations     Tags: bigotry, Christians, ethics, muslims, Terrorism     Leave a comment     


Another Pearl Harbor day ticks by.

Posted on 2015-12-07 Updated on 2015-12-10

Greetings and Salutations…      Today is December 7th,   the date of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that… Read more

Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations     Tags: allegiance, Donald Trump, george takei, Islam, lies, muslims     Leave a comment     


Hope For the Bees!

Posted on 2015-10-10 Updated on 2016-10-16

  Greetings and Salutations; Well, in these dark days of political insanity, bigotry and hate, there is at least ONE… Read more

Posted in Beekeeping, Hive and Colony care, Ruminations     Leave a comment     


Bees and Pesticides…Good Stewardship?

Posted on 2015-08-26 Updated on 2015-08-26

      Greetings and Salutations;      The destruction of bee colonies by Nicotinoid based pesticides not only continues, but… Read more

Posted in Beekeeping, Ethics, Hive and Colony care, Nuttiness, Questionable decisions     Tags: colony collapse, Earth, food chain, stewardship     Leave a comment     


Send In The Clowns; Watch the Pundits leave!

Posted on 2015-08-07 Updated on 2015-08-07

Greetings and Salutations; Last night was a kind of milestone in television, in my opinion. While most of the  evening… Read more

Posted in Characters, Ethics, General, Political rants, Politics, Ruminations     Tags: Candidates, Daily Show, Debate, Donald Trump, Jon Stewart, Republican, Satire, travesty     Leave a comment     


Some Anniversaries Hurt

Posted on 2015-08-06 Updated on 2015-08-07

Greetings and Salutations;      I am writing this in commemoration of the 70 year anniversary of bombing of Hiroshima… Read more

Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Political rants, Questionable decisions, Ruminations     Tags: atomic bomb, chicken hawk, death, Hiroshima, madness, Nagasaki, President Obama, right-winger     Leave a comment     


The Economy – Bees and Humans…

Posted on 2015-07-18 Updated on 2015-07-27

Are These Equivalent? *** Warning! What follows includes factual data, personal opinions and some painting with a broad brush ***… Read more

Posted in Art, Beekeeping, Ethics, General Thoughts, Humanity, Politics, Ruminations, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: delusions of the rich, economic problems, Pete Seeger, unions     Leave a comment     


Guns in the house! Guns in the House!

Posted on 2015-07-16 Updated on 2023-04-21

     Greetings and Salutations!      Boy, time flies….I am apologetic for the slow updates,  but, between struggling with… Read more

Posted in Ethics, General, Heath, Humanity, Nuttiness, Politics, Ruminations     Tags: gun control, licensing, Society, violence     2 Comments     


Time slips away at the speed of thought, it seems.

Posted on 2015-02-09 Updated on 2015-02-09

    Greetings and Salutations;      I realized the other day that it has been six months since I… Read more

Posted in Beekeeping, Ethics, Food, Heath, Hive and Colony care, Nuttiness     Tags: Enlist Duo, EPA, GMO, pesticide     Leave a comment     


Political Foolishness

Posted on 2014-06-22 Updated on 2014-06-23

     Greetings and Salutations;      There has been a burst of mindless lies and rants from Right-Wingers showing… Read more

Posted in Ethics, General, General Thoughts, Humanity, Misc, Nuttiness, Political rants, Politics, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Uncategorized     Tags: President Obama, Right-Wingers     Leave a comment     


Life is Complicated…Observations on Jackson Galaxy

Posted on 2014-06-21 Updated on 2014-06-22

     Greetings and Salutations;      Over the past year or so, I have started watching Jackson Galaxy’s Animal… Read more

Posted in Ethics, General, Heath, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Snake Oil     Tags: behavior modification, cats, homeopathy, Jackson Galaxy, my cat from Hell, scams     Leave a comment     


looking at the ravages of winter and neglect.

Posted on 2014-03-25 Updated on 2014-03-25

     Greetings and Salutations;      Well, for the first time in far too long, I hiked into the… Read more

Posted in Beekeeping, Hive and Colony care, Ruminations     Tags: beekeeping, colony collapse, hives, neglect     Leave a comment     


How do YOU deal with Stress?

Posted on 2013-09-09 Updated on 2013-09-10

     Greetings and Salutations;      After far too long as a Renter,  we are moving into the Octagon… Read more

Posted in General, Humanity, Observations, Questionable decisions, Ruminations, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: meditations, peace, soul, sunset, The Hill, The Octagon     Leave a comment     


Why should someone have to die because some punk is “bored?”

Posted on 2013-08-22 Updated on 2013-08-26

  Greetings and Salutations; Once again, my fellow Americans have shown that they have the capacity to amaze me and… Read more

Posted in Ethics, Humanity, Nuttiness, Observations, Political rants, Questionable decisions, Ruminations     Tags: christopher lane, gangsta, homicide, oklahoma     Leave a comment     


Why the Space Program is SO worth it

Posted on 2013-08-21 Updated on 2013-08-25

     Greetings and Salutations;      There are so many amazing images that NASA is collecting, that I thought I… Read more

Posted in Astronomers, Astronomy, Cosmology, Ruminations, Something Good This Way Comes     Tags: Mimas, Pandora, rings, Saturn, scientific data     Leave a comment     


Brave Men Struck Down Too Soon.

Posted on 2013-07-02 Updated on 2013-07-02

      Greetings and Salutations;      I  am pausing a moment to send my condolances and prayers to the… Read more

Posted in Humanity, Ruminations     Tags: arizona, death, hotshots, wild fires     Leave a comment     


Can Bees Cure Cancer?

Posted on 2012-12-07

     Greetings and Salutations;      I have gotten on the mailing list of an organization called NewsMax.  … Read more

Posted in Advances in Healthcare, Beekeeping, Heath, Ruminations     Tags: beekeeping, cancer, heath, propolis     Leave a comment     


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