Cheryl Strayed  15 September 2020  Twenty-five years ago on this day I arrived at the Bridge of the Gods and finished my 1100+ hike on the Pacific Crest Trail. The thing I thought then is the thing I still think almost every day: how grateful I am for every single mile. The hard ones, the […]

a great discussion into the history of Eugenics, and that history leads right up to our front door, here and now. and the militarization of local police forces, and the lack of guard rails on DHS. phew, always a lot within an hour. Heather rocks history – our story!!! https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/videos/636443960347086 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/podcast

Clark County is worst in state as Washington sets record for hazardous air

outside in Portland/Vancouver, not much has changed. Still Hazardous smokey air. It seems that the smoke is still flowing north through the i-5 corridor, keeping this basin and Gorge smoked in for now.

Fine particulate (PM 2.5) pollution levels peaked at 635 late Sunday and were at 533 this morning in Vancouver. The hazardous conditions that have affected schools and public services may improve slightly today but forecasters caution that significant improvements will probably not happen until the weekend. ‘Beyond index’ air conditions continue in Clark County, with

from Robert Saltzman:Clearly life exists and death is a part of it. To deny that makes no sense at all. To get to the heart of the matter, consider the oceans that cover our dear Earth. We call them “oceans,” but really they comprise just one body of water divided into areas given different names