Category Archives: A Warming Planet

Waking Up to Water

Posted on November 21, 2013 by liveoaklinda

I’ve really been enjoying this bright November of golden leaves & comfy old scarves, but I can’t recall ever being so happy to hear the rain as I did upon waking up yesterday morning…not the usual drippy harbor fog kind … Continue reading →

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Burn3: Smoke in the Trees

Posted on August 26, 2013 by liveoaklinda

Prickly burnt-orange redwood needles have been raining onto the back deck for a few weeks now.  I remember the first time this happened a couple of years after our move to Live Oak Avenue in the mid-80’s – it took … Continue reading →

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A Window that Opens

Posted on July 23, 2013 by liveoaklinda

Am I the only one noticing all those old Volvo 850’s out there in the hood?  Nevermind they’ve got a few dents & peeling paint, & they’re not as sleek as the newer class of 21st century cars…like a favorite … Continue reading →

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Burn1: As the Bed Burns

Posted on July 2, 2013 by liveoaklinda

Way back (!) in 2006, I started collecting news articles about melting glaciers, acid oceans, scary wildfires, & devastating floods.  I (& of course a few others) felt that we (humans, collectively) weren’t paying enough attention to the ever-increasing evidence … Continue reading →

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A Spoonful of Goobers

Posted on June 16, 2013 by liveoaklinda

My father loved peanuts.  Salted in the shell & generous shmears on saltines.  Spanish in the can were a special treat.  Peanut aroma dominates my memories of bedtime hugs, family camping trips to Dinkey Creek, Saturday afternoons around our SoCal pool. … Continue reading →

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Believing in Gravity

Posted on April 15, 2013 by liveoaklinda

My latest meditation image is of the Sun viewed from about the location of Jupiter.  In my imagination-meditation, I see our home star as a bright speck, brighter than the other stars but clearly one of them, not owned or … Continue reading →

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Skyfall Happens

Posted on March 7, 2013 by liveoaklinda

I happened to glance skyward during dinner on the outside deck @ Paradise Grill a few weeks ago & noticed a brilliant dropping blue flare in the western sky, thinking it was some kind of failed fireworks.  Turns out it was our … Continue reading →

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5 Million Years on Kauai

Posted on January 18, 2013 by liveoaklinda

I’m sure this will come as no news to all you Kauaiophiles: it feels nearly impossible to enthusiastically plunge back into daily life – whatever & wherever & however satisfying it may be – after a few days on the Garden Isle. … Continue reading →

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Spinning in the Wind

Posted on November 1, 2012 by liveoaklinda

By now the images are familiar: satellite shots of monster hurricane Sandy bearing down on the northeastern U.S. seaboard & scenes of cars floating like ice cubes in dirty floodwaters.  We all do what we can when the wind comes…move … Continue reading →

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Savoring Sunlight

Posted on October 2, 2012 by liveoaklinda

It seems that the taste of fall sensed early in August is already setting the table for Thanksgiving – the equinox this year was a spot on marker of our earth’s annual cycle around the Home Star.  Fall has already dropped heavily … Continue reading →

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