Tag Archives: environment

No vision for the future

Posted on April 16, 2020 by ends and beginnings blog

Back in the 1960’s and 70’s my family vacationed in the Myrtle Beach area, Garden City to be specific. From Charlotte, you drive down Hwy. 74 to 601, then 151 to 378 through Conway to Myrtle Beach. I always loved … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about the weather

Posted on October 4, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” – Charles Dudley Warner (stolen by Mark Twain) It’s October the 4th, and where I live, in northern South Carolina, it is 97 degrees right now. Somehow I feel like that’s … Continue reading →

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The state of the circus

Posted on May 22, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“Without the ILLEGAL Witch Hunt, my poll numbers, especially because of our historically “great” economy, would be at 65%. Too bad! The greatest Hoax in American History.” – Trump tweet 5-22-19  I spent the weekend with my kids, my nieces … Continue reading →

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Questionnaire

Posted on June 8, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

Questionnaire by Wendell Berry 1. How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade? Please name your preferred poisons. 2. For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump would like to wish everyone a “Happy Earth Day!”

Posted on April 23, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

“The environment is not merely the place where we live and act, for the biosphere is the ground from which and within which we arise. The earth is not only our home, it is our mother.” – David Loy Headlines … Continue reading →

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Field of Weeds

Posted on April 13, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

“The soil under the grass is dreaming of a young forest, and under the pavement the soil is dreaming of grass.” – Wendell Berry There is still a little nip in the air but Spring has sprung in my part of … Continue reading →

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This planet

Posted on February 26, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

I attended the funeral of a church member yesterday. Now my “designated” protestant affiliation is with the Presbyterian church but if you have spent anytime reading my blog you know that I also mix in my Kool-Aid some Universalism, Buddhism … Continue reading →

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I hear you knocking

Posted on February 20, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

Back in May of 2016 I told y’all the story a female Cardinal that comes to our home in late January and proceeds to fly into our den window, beating her little bird head against the window pane everyday, all day long through … Continue reading →

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One man gathers what another man spills

Posted on January 12, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

“Talk about your plenty, talk about your ills, One man gathers what another man spills.” – St. Stephen by the Grateful Dead Wednesday is trash day on my street, the day we roll our trash and recycle cans down to the curb for … Continue reading →

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The corruption of Trump in a nutshell

Posted on January 10, 2018 by ends and beginnings blog

Maybe you have heard about this, maybe you haven’t but Trump’s henchman, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, a man whose name will become synonymous with many of this country’s greatest environmental disasters, has opened up the oceans for offshore oil drilling. The … Continue reading →

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