Sigh. Trying times.

News blues…

More crazy ‘Mericans… (2:10 mins)

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Tracking Covid-19 vaccinations worldwide 

Healthy futures, anyone?

Human inability to deal with our garbage/rubbish/waste/trash.
Perhaps it’s the lack of one shared and collective term, but we humans show a remarkable inability to deal with our waste, from biological (poop, pee, blood, body parts….) to throw away packaging and toxic waste from generating energy.
Did you know:

• 12 human visitors to the moon left behind “96 bags of poo, urine, and vomit” and other trash
• Encounters with and trips to the moon make it a junkyard of more than 200 tonnes/tons of debris, from space hardware to golfballs….
• Our oceans are flooded with chemicals – from use and over use of fertilizers on farms with chemical runoff into waterways that ultimately flow into the ocean – and trash from human activities… .
• The continent of Antarctica, too, is a human litter zone. “Half-operational and deserted stations are scattered around the continent, some still inhabitable, others lost to extreme conditions, and a number left standing to solidify geopolitical claims to land, fishing rights, and minerals. These abandoned … “ghost” stations are a physical manifestation of the passion for this harsh land—a drive to both understand and dominate it—that has ultimately begun to destroy it.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

Gearing up for sweltering 32C temperatures today with more of the same running around associated with trying to make life plans for my mother – and myself.
A potential house purchaser who’d dropped out last week is back this week – now with money in his pocket. We shall see.

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Days getting shorter, nightfall happening earlier:
Feb 26: sunrise 5:47am; sunset 6:33pm.
March 2: sunrise 5:50am; sunset 6:29pm.
March 9: sunrise 5:55am; sunset 6:21pm.
March 10: sunrise 5:55am; sunset 6:22pm.