Reflections
Zlatoust-the Confessor. As the Soviet “bug” listening to the U.S. Embassy
While I probably should follow politics closer then I do, I find J
While I probably should follow politics closer then I do, I find J.D. Vance’s run for US Senate to be fascinating. I really liked his book, Hillbilly Elegy. He’s somebody who knows the mud and muck of life, not some privileged suburbanite brat who has had everything handed to them on a silver plater.
We might be of opposite political parties and largely differentiating ideology, I totally get where he is coming from and I think he would be good representative for his community.
NPR
MUMBAI, India — Summer has arrived in South Asia WAY too early.
A punishing heat wave has pushed temperatures past 120F (50C) in some areas. Some schools have closed early for the summer. Dozens of people have people have died of heat stroke.
The region is already hard-hit by climate change. Extreme heat is common in May. But not in April and March, both of which were the hottest across much of India for more than a century.
"It's smoldering hot! It's also humid, which is making it very difficult," Chrisell Rebello, 37, told NPR in line outside a Mumbai ice cream parlor at 11 p.m. "We need a lot of cold drinks, air conditioning – and multiple baths a day."
View From The Ledge Above Eagle Pond Swamp
After hiking back to Eagle Pond -- which actually I was confused on in the map and only got the swamp below Eagle Pond, I bushwhacked onto the ridge above the swamp and looked at the mountains to the north of the pond.
Taken on Saturday May 2, 2020 at East Branch Sacandaga River.Apple Blossom
An apple blossom along the trail smelled quite nice.
Taken on Sunday May 2, 2021 at Nature.Spring Day Across 13th Lake
