Category Archives: Co-owning the Earth

Oct.20 -13 (If you have trouble reading this, click on ‘home’). Collapse?! We have three bird feeders. In the past month no birds came. No, that’s not correct:  one lonely chickadee fed on my feeder, a far cry from years … Continue reading →

 October  6 2013 The March of Folly is becoming a Run toward Ruin.  On May 27 1985 I bought a book: The March of Folly, fresh off the press. The author, Barbara Tuchman, started it with: “A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless … Continue reading →

September 29 2013  Ten Ideas for Saving the Planet: John B. Cobb, Jr.  Quite the pretentious title.  John B. Cobb Jr. (born February 9, 1925) is an American theologian, philosopher, and environmentalist and the author of more than fifty books. … Continue reading →

August 25 2013 77 + 77 At the time I never gave it a thought. When my grandparents’ farm, after the war, got electricity, their beautiful oil lamps were discarded as useless, thrown into the garbage. The age of energy … Continue reading →

August 18 2013 Our World Today A Unique Experience America is alive and well. Or so it seems. We, our entire family, spent an entire week in a Colorado resort north of Denver, in the mountains there, quite central for … Continue reading →