saint paddys day/peace weekend/more nature
I get it that I am supposed to wear green today, but do I get beat up if I wear orange?
Spring has sprung a little bit. On the same day last week, I saw our red-tailed hawk couple acting domestic around the nest, and oh joy, I also got a great close-up of our local mink. I was over at the NW corner of Arlingtom & the river admiring the snow-capped Sierras, and I noticed a squirmy-looking log floating down the kayak rapids, and it was Mr Mink! (or perhaps Ms, I am showing my gender bias). He, I mean it, swam over to the rocks right below me, got out, shook itself, looked around, and hopped up to the drain pipe in the wall, crawled in, the stuck its head out to stare right up at me about 10' away before disappearing - major cute attack.
Danielle at the JV agreed that we do have minks rather than otters, so that's my story and I'm sticking to it. I've also been seeing a lot of the Northern Gilded Flicker outside my windows - beautiful bird, makes me happy.
This reminds me that this is Peace March weekend and our country is f---ed up. I hope you all are making yourself heard whereever you are. It is our duty as citizens to call the government out on their shizzle when it gets too out of hand, and I think we are on a very bad road with all this empire-building stuff. Oh yeah, saw Why We Fight with John G on Tuesday, really good movie. Policy junkie that I am I knew most of it, but the Cheney timeline was stunning:
1. Bush I - In his capacity as Defense Secretary, Cheney commissions a study of contracting military services to the private sector. A subsidiary of Halliburton does the study, and surprise, the study says it is a great idea. (All that Beetle Bailey stuff doesn't happen anymore, GIs don't peel potatoes, they just open happy meals.)
2. Clinton - Cheney leaves government to join... Halliburton, who surprise, gets HUGE contracts from the military. His personal net worth goes from 2-4 million to at least 60-70 million in these eight years.
3. Bush II - Cheney returns to goveernment to start a war or two (so far). Dollar amount of contracts to Halliburton skyrockets.
pretty neat and tidy, eh?? sounds like the way they run things in Paraguay, not America. We really need to clean house and throw out the trash, if you get my drift.
Spring has sprung a little bit. On the same day last week, I saw our red-tailed hawk couple acting domestic around the nest, and oh joy, I also got a great close-up of our local mink. I was over at the NW corner of Arlingtom & the river admiring the snow-capped Sierras, and I noticed a squirmy-looking log floating down the kayak rapids, and it was Mr Mink! (or perhaps Ms, I am showing my gender bias). He, I mean it, swam over to the rocks right below me, got out, shook itself, looked around, and hopped up to the drain pipe in the wall, crawled in, the stuck its head out to stare right up at me about 10' away before disappearing - major cute attack.
Danielle at the JV agreed that we do have minks rather than otters, so that's my story and I'm sticking to it. I've also been seeing a lot of the Northern Gilded Flicker outside my windows - beautiful bird, makes me happy.
This reminds me that this is Peace March weekend and our country is f---ed up. I hope you all are making yourself heard whereever you are. It is our duty as citizens to call the government out on their shizzle when it gets too out of hand, and I think we are on a very bad road with all this empire-building stuff. Oh yeah, saw Why We Fight with John G on Tuesday, really good movie. Policy junkie that I am I knew most of it, but the Cheney timeline was stunning:
1. Bush I - In his capacity as Defense Secretary, Cheney commissions a study of contracting military services to the private sector. A subsidiary of Halliburton does the study, and surprise, the study says it is a great idea. (All that Beetle Bailey stuff doesn't happen anymore, GIs don't peel potatoes, they just open happy meals.)
2. Clinton - Cheney leaves government to join... Halliburton, who surprise, gets HUGE contracts from the military. His personal net worth goes from 2-4 million to at least 60-70 million in these eight years.
3. Bush II - Cheney returns to goveernment to start a war or two (so far). Dollar amount of contracts to Halliburton skyrockets.
pretty neat and tidy, eh?? sounds like the way they run things in Paraguay, not America. We really need to clean house and throw out the trash, if you get my drift.