Hello everybody! I am thrilled to the bone! How about them Democrats! It was such a sweet victory that blogging seemed lackluster by comparison, so I skipped a couple of weeks (times two). I even bought a vintage coat on ebay to commemorate the purpling of our nation. Yes, folks, the coat is very purple–purple [...]
The National Debt is just a little over one light-year. I don’t know about ya’ll, but I’m feeling a lot better about a National Debt of only one light-year. Our closest star friend, Proxima Centauri, is 4.3 light-years from the Sun. The Canis Major dwarf Galaxy is the nearest to our solar system and it’s 25,000 light-years away. Astronomers who hazard a guess say that the whole universe is a whopping 79 billion light-years across. I think I’ll stop there. (a joke)
When it comes to clean air around Mount Shasta we’ve been very lucky. The smoke has been hanging somewhere else lately, and I’ve been too lazy to visit my Wundermap to find out exactly where.
Can you see how clean the lines are around the pine needles of last night’s sunset, though? I’m [...]
It’s very clear and still this Monday morning. Our pollution levels are almost non-existent, but lack of wind is supposed to change all that any minute now.
Sometimes we get these awful smoke burps. They blow in, smother us, shoot our particulate matter levels off the charts then dissipate. It’s weird.
Today’s WunderMap has [...]
Photo taken on Aug. 8, 2008 shows the fireworks of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games held in the National Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, in north Beijing, China. (Xinhua/Chen Kai)
Photo: Wu Hong/EPA
I’ve tried, Folks, but I can’t imagine how important the Olympics must be to Beijing and the [...]
No, this is not today’s picture of a Mount Shasta sunrise. I was just nostalgic for the good ole days is all.
Moving on. What do Beijing and Northern California have in common? Answer: Polluted air. While our bad air stems from wildfires, Beijing’s is the result of automobile and factory emissions mixed with construction [...]
Hip hip hooray! I’m breathing the sweetest natural perfume in the free world—unlimited internet access suffused with gardenia. My little potted plant just bloomed today. This courageous life form has elected to flower in spite of all the bad air it’s been breathing lately. Speaking of which, our pollution level for Friday morning is [...]
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Speaking of which, greetings from Laura in Mount Shasta. Way way up in Northern California, we know how we feel, but let’s see [...]
Happy to say, the first annual reunion of the Tatro boys (Chris, Kevin and Scott) was a huge success. Much golf was enjoyed by all. Only one club (Chris’ Taylor-Made driver) sustained lasting injuries (accidental) when it fell out of the bag that fell off the golf cart that Scott [...]
There is so much smoke in the air around Mount Shasta, Mount Eddy and the Shasta Valley that I’m feeling listless and quarrelsome. Maybe its oxygen deprivation.
The particulate matter is back in full force, obscuring everything in view. We might as well be in Beijing. There could easily be a (Bird’s [...]