“My father was a doctor,’ she says, ‘a very kind man. He died in the early ’70s, relatively young.’ She taps the cigarette packet on the table. ‘Of lung cancer.’ ‘Oh.’ ‘But the thing about that is,’ she says as she exhales, ‘it doesn’t take very long to die that way.” ― Anna Funder […]
Are you a Beaver or a Rat?
Are you a Beaver or a Rat? On the Perils of thinking that Adaption is the best response to the Climate Crisis Being a Canadian I, of course, see myself as a beaver and not a rat. While I know that both are rodents I will make the claim that acting more like beavers and […]
The War Has Begun
The War Has Begun Red Skies of Australia What has caused our current Climate War? Some say that life is War. According to Machiavelli peace is but a time to prepare for the next war. Our time of climate peace seems to over. While I do not agree with war is necessarily the norm […]
Are you Acting Like a Frog?
A Tale of the Perils of Adaption Examining the Myth of Cooking a Frog in a Pot of Cool Water and then Slowly Heating It Up to Cook the Frog There is a myth that frogs cannot sense a slow change in the temperature of the water around them. Supposedly, if you plunge them into […]
Silence
“Never miss a good chance to shut up.” ― Will Rogers Listen. Can you hear your heartbeat? Your breath? The wind through the trees? The snowflake landing on the frozen grass? Can you hear your conscience? The past and future whispering to you? It is December 26. Boxing Day. The day to shop. Again. To be […]