Happy Labor Day, News Viewers, a day off for many humans; a day dedicated to the American Worker; a day initially set aside to honor the labor movement. While we may think parades, grilling, protesting MORE
It’s Labor Day weekend already, so I believe that officially makes it Pumpkin Spice Season, amirite? I admit I pulled out a cookie mix — Betty Crocker/Pillsbury? — and baked some up in the air MORE
Last year, in September of 2020, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. In September of 2021, the Supreme Court allowed the most repressive Anti-Choice law in the nation to stand, seen as a precursor to the MORE
Wow–and another month has flown by. Just think, in a few more weeks, it will be fall, my favorite time of year. Anyway. I wanted to take a few moments to welcome some new folks MORE
Welcome to Free Range, our Monday free chat with an environmental slant. This is the place for those wide ranging conversations about all things land and sea, sky and space, animals, birds, bugs and yes, MORE
Good evening and welcome from smokey, hot California, home of the GQP power grab to obtain the highest office in the state, governor. I won’t spend any time on this issue because it’s incredibly stupid. MORE
Another week has gone by and NewsViews was there with you when we found out we lost an epic rock and roll friend, Charlie Watts. Drummer of the Rolling Stones for 60 years, Charlie didn’t MORE
Oh, nature’s air conditioning, how much I love you and how much my plants love you. No longer is the sun beating down on all of you and scorching and frying you to death. The MORE
“Humans have never lived on a planet this hot, and we’re totally unprepared for what’s to come” Jeff Goodell What might an accurate worst-case picture of the planet’s climate-addled future actually look like, then? The MORE
Today, class, let’s talk about box wine. It’s been one of those weeks that has me considering quantity over quality. The world watches what’s going down in Afghanistan. Desperate people are flooding the last shred MORE
As if there weren’t enough going on in the world, some idjit from Cultikistan decides to bomb the Capitol. Only he doesn’t do it, of course. He just talks about doing it, then films himself MORE
Good morning and Happy Tuesday! At least, it’s not Monday. I so do not do well on Mondays. I’ll make it short and sweet because we have so many crisis going on all around us. MORE
So, I just wrote the date, double checked to make sure I had the correct date, then realized: Joe Biden’s still our president. So much for the bigly reinstatement of the Former Guy. Earlier today, MORE
Well, I do hope you plan to continue your celebrations well into the night on this First Annual Reinstatement Day with an evening of song, dance and reinstatement libations. There’s a party goin’ on right MORE
Happy Friday, News Viewers, or maybe I should say “Happy Reinstatement Day” the day You Know Who declared his reinstatement to the presidency. Since it hasn’t happened, from this day forward, Friday the 13th will MORE
This is how August works for us: One of my son’s birthday One of my step-child’s b-days. A sister and brother in law’s b-days. Three of my step grand children’s b-days. OH….and Athena, (Baby Baby), MORE
When migratory bird ecologist Brian Evans first started hearing about dead birds across Washington, D.C., in mid-May, he “wrote it off,” says Evans, who’s on staff at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Migratory Bird Center. MORE
It could actually be a nice day, not too hot, hot but doable. But, the smoke from the wildfires tearing up CA has now made its way to our neck of the woods and it MORE
Yesterday it was reported that Charlie Watts, 80, would not be joining the Rolling Stones 2021 U.S. Fall Tour due to a successful medical procedure for an unknown condition. “Charlie has had a procedure which MORE
Happy Friday New Viewers, time to freely chat about all things News adjacent from this week, and while we’re at it, let’s talk about life in the time of COVID, life in the time of MORE
Petty Grievances: We all have them; might as well talk about them…here, not on threads that someone worked hard to put together only to see it get derailed with petty grievances. Personally, I believe that MORE
Happy Monday, News Viewers, and welcome to Free Range, our free chat centering on the world around us, the environment of animals, people, land and sea and let’s include space while we’re at it, shall MORE
So, another month has come to an end proving once again, time flies and this year has gone by incredibly fast. I remember last year when we all could hardly wait for 2020 to end MORE
My Twitter feed has alerted me to plenty of sad news from the world of music recently. This week alone, Twitterverse counted three deaths in the rock and roll sphere. Two lesser knowns, Mike Howe, MORE
“Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear.” It’s an old cartoon, old history, but it’s also scarily reflective of our present. I keep thinking of the quote from baseball player Satchel Paige, “don’t MORE