climate change – reader. writer.

Here’s why

This week, I’ve been volunteering to help get out the vote for Democrats. Here’s why… Because we need sensible people to face challenges such as inflation, those who know employment, education, and accessible healthcare are good for families and good for the economy; Because Democrats have already passed major legislation designed to boost our infrastructureContinue reading “Here’s why”

Hope helps.

I am saving time on Thursdays to work on blog posts, and I find myself sorting through topics both light and heavy. A lot is going on, and there never seems to be a right time to post anything, no matter what it is. Yet what I’ve landed on today is the concept of hope.Continue reading “Hope helps.”

Time traveler blues

These days I teeter, as I think many of us do, between joy in my daily life and despair over what is not being done to save our environment, —or, for that matter, our democracy. More often than I like, I think about how a response to the history of the rise of Nazism andContinue reading “Time traveler blues”

Fill-in-the-blank

I ended on a cynical note last time, so today I’d like to open up on a less cynical one. Hmm. After I wrote those words, I sat for a moment staring at a blank screen, which strikes me as a bit ironic. But I really am a glass-is-half-full kinda woman (married, by the way,Continue reading “Fill-in-the-blank”

Small steps you can take to save the planet

Inspired by David Wallace-Wells’ op-ed in the New York Times: fear-panic-climate-change-warming.html Set up a bin for recycling next to your trash can so it will be super easy to toss that aluminum can in the right spot. While you are at it, call your representatives to tell them to support H.R. 1 to make voting justContinue reading “Small steps you can take to save the planet”