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- BASIC PREMISE + Research Links about Dying Trees
- Five Radio Interviews, Video of Fall Foliage + Contact Information
- More Links to Recent Research
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- Whispers From the Ghosting Trees - Guest Post at Greg Laden's Science Blog
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Blue Moon
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Bleeding Trees
I can't tell if this black growth is the same lichen, only dead, or a totally different species.
This tree stopped me in my tracks. I've mentioned before that trees seem to be weeping, especially after a hard frost, but this is more like bleeding. I've thought perhaps the sap doesn't go dormant, and then expands when it freezes.
Two days ago the high temperature was 53 degrees. Yesterday, when I took these pictures, it was 24.
Then again, today I read reports of trees "bleeding" in southern California where it never freezes. I will have to look into that. Meanwhile, if this doesn't look awful, I don't know what would.
"Screaming Trees"
It's analogous to cancer. There is so much money to be made by oncologists, hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies that hardly anyone is looking at which particular pollutant causes which individual cancer. Unless there is a clearly detectable cluster from a well-defined source, it's almost impossible to prove anyway, because the atmosphere everywhere is contaminated, and there are so many different kinds of cancers, and so many other toxins in our food and water, and from plastics and other chemical exposures. The victims and their families are so overwhelmed with the disease that they concentrate on treatment and survival.
The article is a fascinating saga of one man's brave stance and how he was attacked for speaking truth to power - and how entrenched interests refuse to acknowledge the significance of widespread tree decline in all species and the link to poisonous fossil and biofuels.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Let's Call it a Trifucta
Monday, December 28, 2009
What Did You Do Once You Knew?
Planetize the Movement from drew dellinger on Vimeo.
hieroglyphic stairway
it's 3:23 in the morning
and I'm awake
because my great great grandchildren
won't let me sleep
my great great grandchildren
ask me in dreams
what did you do while the planet was plundered?
what did you do when the earth was unraveling?
surely you did something
when the seasons started failing?
as the mammals, reptiles, birds were all dying?
did you fill the streets with protest
when democracy was stolen?
what did you do
once
you
knew?
I'm riding home on the Colma train
I've got the voice of the milky way in my dreams
I have teams of scientists
feeding me data daily
and pleading I immediately
turn it into poetry
I want just this consciousness reached
by people in range of secret frequencies
contained in my speech
I am the desirous earth
equidistant to the underworld
and the flesh of the stars
I am everything already lost
the moment the universe turns transparent
and all the light shoots through the cosmos
I use words to instigate silence
I'm a hieroglyphic stairway
in a buried Mayan city
suddenly exposed by a hurricane
a satellite circling earth
finding dinosaur bones
in the Gobi desert
I am telescopes that see back in time
I am the precession of the equinoxes,
the magnetism of the spiraling sea
I'm riding home on the Colma train
with the voice of the milky way in my dreams
I am myths where violets blossom from blood
like dying and rising gods
I'm the boundary of time
soul encountering soul
and tongues of fire
it's 3:23 in the morning
and I can't sleep
because my great great grandchildren
ask me in dreams
what did you do while the earth was unraveling?
I want just this consciousness reached
by people in range of secret frequencies
contained in my speech
— drew dellinger—©2003 1-866-POETICS
drew@soulforce.com
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Mating Confusion
Of course, it's also confusing plants that are budding out at the wrong time. This is much worse than confusing because it will adversely impact pollination and the food supply - ours included.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Living Lavishly
This is included especially for the Constant Weader at RealityChex:
La Vigilia 2009
Seven Fish Menu
Crudo di Tonno
Raw Amberjack, Meyer Lemon Puree & Dried Pepper
~~~
Polpo
Crispy Octopus with Farro, Swiss Chard & Salsa Verde
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Cacciucco di Capitone
Shellfish Stew with Eels, Clams & Carta di Musica
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Baccala Ravioli
Pasta Stuffed with House Cured Cod and Marjoram
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Spaghetti Misto di Mare
Dried Pasta with Bay Scallops, Maine Crab and Sea Urchin
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Triglia
Red Mullet with Cauliflower & Citrus
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Rombo al Cartoccio
Turbot Cooked in Parchment with Black Truffle
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Dolci
Chocolate & Apricot Budino
"Have yourself a merry little Christmas, it may be your last,
Next year we may all be living in the past
Have yourself a merry little Christmas, pop that champagne cork,
Next year we will all be living in New York.
No good times like the olden days, happy golden days of yore,
Faithful friends who were dear to us, will be near to us no more.
But at least we all will be together, if the Fates allow,
From now on we'll have to muddle through somehow.
So have yourself a merry little Christmas now."
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- Let's Call it a Trifucta
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- Living Lavishly
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- HoHoHo!
- Calling all URWANS
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- The Rich Are...Different
- A Litany of Woe
- It was great knowin' ya!
- A Slight Glimmer of Hope?
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- I have arrived!
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- Bingo.
- A Small but Significant Victory
- An explanation for the Fermi Paradox
- Are you listening, scientific experts?
- I'm Called Little Buttercup, Dear Little Buttercup!
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