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Influenza, The Flu Shot, and You
As usual, helpful, straight-forward info you can use from NPR's Short Wave. GOOD. one.npr.org/i/779024029:779155740
Hold On
One of many songs by the Canadian trio, Triumph, that lifted me up, kept me going, as a youth...and still today. "Hold On", from their 1979 studio album, Just A Game, let it lift you up too! "Music hold the secret, To know it can make you whole It's not just a game of notes, …
Commitment to Serve
Continuing to think about our veterans this week. I didn't grow up in a military family. My dad and grandfather got lucky; neither had to serve during the draft years of WWII, Korea, or Vietnam. I was lined up to enter an ROTC program when I headed into college, but then declined the offer. I …
Veterans Day, Every Day
Thinking about the Veterans Day holiday yesterday, and sharing these thoughts intentionally today, the day AFTER the holiday, to make a particular point. In this day and era, when the United States has Volunteer Service to maintain our military readiness and service; In this day and era when social media and 24-hour news cycle and …
Shipping: Going to Zero
The statistic in the front of this podcast grabbed me; bet it grabs you too: "If all the ocean line shipping companies together as one country, they would be the 6th largest polluter on the planet." Let's clean things up. one.npr.org/i/758045669:777818364
A Whale Fall, an ecosystem, and Earth.
one.npr.org/i/760664122:777065758 Science is cool. So much more still to learn, stay curious.
Desert
“The man in black fled acrossed the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” The opening line from Stephen King's The Gunslinger. I love it. During those first pages of the story as the hero pursues the antagonist through the desert, King writes in detail about how the Gunslinger is well trained to handle such harsh conditions. …
America: Being Open, Being Strong
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Global Warming, the United States, the Short-term, the Long-term. Democracy is messy.
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