WMO Report says it again

Climate change: Global impacts 'accelerating - from the World Meteorological Asso.

Climate Change Bad News

THOSE MIDWESTERN FLOODS ARE EXPECTED TO GET MUCH, MUCH WORSE

warming ocean = more precipitation = more and more intense rain and snow and storms

not just in the midwest US

Why Do we live here?

Just had some communication with an old friend who asked what drew Katrinka and me to Bali. Here's what I answered:

Past wife experience Elin and I spent two months here in 92 so I had an idea what it's like. My mother died (an inspiring event) and Katrinka's ex died in a convalescent home and we were free and had a little bit of money which I suggested would go a lot further in Asia so on Dec. 1, 2013 we flew to Singapore. After a week there to Bali where we spent three months, then four in Thailand and Japan and then back to Bali which we'd already decided before we left to return to. It's mainly pleasant with plenty to complain about like anywhere, nice good people, an excellent place for me to work without a lot of distraction, Katrinak's quite involved with social work and helping people, and it's much much cheaper than living in the US anywhere we'd want to live. We live in a small world, don't have or need a vehicle, walk a lot, do yoga, swim, have friends, a rather uncomplicated life but still not away from excellent services and infrastructure. Live near a good beach at the edge of the big city, Denpasar. Also I love dealing in other languages even though I never get fluent - hardly anyone does although anyone who speaks even a little bit of a foreign language tends to be called fluent by those who don't. I've not been back to the US and have no plans to do so though things happen. Love, DC [image is a street about five minutes walk from here. Ours is a small dead end one.]

No to another War

No War with North Korea - Kazuaki Tanahashi and others urge us to pay attention to this threat.

Kaz Tanahashi Cuke page

RIP John Jackson

Dear Texas friend with a good heart and great sense of mischief John Jackson died on Thursday, March 21st. Met John at Austin college which I tried for half a year out of high school. We walked out together the 2nd semester and were told not to return. Visited him and his wife since the sixties Julia a number of times in Austin through the years and every few years we've talked on the phone. I wrote about him in the twelve part Freedom Songs. He's quite prominent in
Part I - College.
He returns in
Part IV - Corn Rows
Part XI - News York & Orleans
and Part XII - Afterwords

Bye John! It was great knowing you! Thanks for all the fun!

Photos from the last 1.5 years

On my Instagram page

Mount Everest: Melting Glaciers Expose Dead Bodies

BBC - Estimates are that of the 4800 who've climbed, about 300 have died with one third of their bodies recovered. That's a death rate of one out of 160.