With all the dissension and protests over the last several weeks, I’ve been thinking about Richard Nixon, who was perhaps the most controversial man in the White House before Donald Trump. Nixon was not the typical politician of any era. He was no glad-handing vote seeker; he was very secretive and awkward with people. He …
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Waiting, Waiting..
Here we are, in the season of waiting. Remember, when you were a kid, the expectations of the Christmas season? From Thanksgiving on, the weeks seem like such a slow time, a time when nothing happens. You’re just waiting, waiting expectantly for school to be out for Christmas, for cousins to come visit, for the …
Climate Change or Not, We Must Manage the Forests
Recently Governor Newsom and Senator Harris visited a home burned out by the Creek Fire. They brought the media and stood over the ash of a destroyed family home, touched what was left of a charred Chevy pickup, and decried the damage done by Climate Change. It was all they wanted to say: This destruction …
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Can’t Farm Enough? Here’s your App
If you don’t get enough farming from your day job, you can farm on your phone now, with farming games that have become amazingly popular. You could even make some decent wages with that game, if you’re good at it. I’m not talking about the Facebook game FarmVille = we’re way beyond that now. …
Did You Celebrate New Year’s The “Right” Way?
People around the world ring in the new year with their own traditions. Here in the US, many of us sit around the television and watch a silver ball drop in New York and fireworks flying over the Las Vegas strip. Others have specific actions they must do to insure a good new year. …
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