Before today’s bad news, here’s a very cool article on reading the forests: https://blog.nature.org/science/2020/01/13/a-walk-in-the-woods-reading-new-englands-forests/?src=e.cgs.eg.x.loc_b&lu=7490584&autologin=true From the Washington Post, on the thinning ranks of government scientists. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/science-ranks-grow-thin-in-trump-administration/2020/01/23/5d22b522-3172-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html From today’s New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/climate/trump-environment-water.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage\ Here’s the coverage from The Hill: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment From … Continue reading →

So we’re having some classic mountain weather, shifting mists, temperature about 47 degrees, occasional rain. Lots of people hate it, but I happen to love it. Fire in the fireplace, roast in the oven, the idiot Floridians screwed off to … Continue reading →

Here’s a link to an article from the Guardian on the National Parks. The Guardian does not have a pay wall, but like Wikopedia, they do ask you to donate. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/10/us-national-parks-dismantling-under-way Another article from the Guardian, this time on the … Continue reading →

On January 1st, I took a difficult decision. After 18 years in the real estate business, I decided to inactivate my license. It was a very difficult decision. I felt a real loyalty to my profession, my office, and my … Continue reading →

Well, I can’t believe someone sat down at a drafting board and designed this thinking it was right for downtown Blue Ridge, but … here it is: https://fannin.fetchyournews.com/2019/11/11/plans-revealed-for-the-previous-site-of-the-blue-ridge-united-methodist-church/

The weather service has changed the forecast and they now say that up to a half inch of accumulation is possible. We don’t have any snow or sleet, but the rain has frozen some on the deck and it’s very … Continue reading →