Tag Archives: climate change

Shoes See Everything

Posted on March 19, 2014 by liveoaklinda

After that last post, I had to revert to reminding my future-scary-mind of the wisdom of Mma Ramotswe & friends in the No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency . I was thrilled a few years ago (no wait – I think becalmed … Continue reading →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Cackling Crone, Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged Alexander McCall Smith, climate change, clothes line drying, future scary mind, global warming, No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, shoe therapy, susan solomon | 3 Comments

Burn6: Earth on the Grill

Posted on February 18, 2014 by liveoaklinda

Warning: Increasing Frequency of Climate Change-Induced Panic Attacks! If you know me, you know I’m not kidding – at least I’m not alone with my climate anxiety, which makes me feel a little better, thank you. I have a good excuse for … Continue reading →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Burn Series | Tagged california drought, climate change, forest fires, global warming, heat waves, john kerry, mental health, ocean acidification, sixth extinction, water shortages, world bank | 8 Comments

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 →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Burn Series, Just an Everyday Life | Tagged climate change, drought, firefighters, giant sequoias, Live Oak Avenue, rim fire, Schwan Lake Park, strawberry music festival, wildfire | 9 Comments

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 →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Just an Everyday Life | Tagged climate change, dusty car, global warming feedback loop, highway widening, old cars, volvo 850 | 8 Comments

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 →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Burn Series, Our Primate Nature | Tagged 7 billion, big warming, burning bed, climate change, global warming, human primate, sixth extinction, world war c | 6 Comments

Maybe It Was The Sashimi…

Posted on November 16, 2012 by liveoaklinda

…as in fish, not fauna, that nudged our ancestors of 2 million years ago (already striding on their highly-functional feet) along the path toward larger & more complex brains. Granted, they probably didn’t enjoy succulent hamachi like we do today (no … Continue reading →

Posted in Humans Love Food!, Our Primate Nature | Tagged climate change, history of cooking, homo erectus, human primate, sushi | 11 Comments

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 →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Just an Everyday Life | Tagged arctic ice melt, climate change, hurricane sandy, le vent nous portera, rapid climate change, santa cruz wharf wind turbine, tai chi, wind | 3 Comments

When Sluggish Is Good

Posted on September 20, 2012 by liveoaklinda

Slugs have a bad rap…uh, sorta deservedly. Have you ever gotten up in the middle of the night, sleepily wandering to the kitchen to look at the waning moon or pour yourself a glass of water, when aacck!~ you step … Continue reading →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Just an Everyday Life, Our Primate Nature | Tagged 7 billion, climate change, future scary mind, hermaphrodite, meditation, Rael San Fratello, slug, sluggish | 5 Comments

E.T. Come Back!

Posted on September 2, 2012 by liveoaklinda

Science fiction was my reading of choice for more than a decade – during college & thereafter until the kiddies happened into our lives. Frank Herbert, Orson Scott Card, William Gibson, Ursula Le Guin, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov…I thought there … Continue reading →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Our Primate Nature | Tagged asteroids, chicxulub, climate change, E.T., Frank Drake, human primate, invasion of the body snatchers, mass extinction, MIB, neil armstrong, orson scott card, science fiction, Ursula LeGuin | 11 Comments

funky thursday

Posted on July 19, 2012 by liveoaklinda

I think I’m still in recovery from that last post. I didn’t intend for it to be a tribute to Kelsey, but of course it seemed that way by publishing it on her birthday. I’d been working on it for … Continue reading →

Posted in A Warming Planet, Just an Everyday Life | Tagged climate change, mondo guerra, project runway, vehicle mileage fee | 2 Comments