Friday Update

Interesting textures: a flower, a bumblebee, and the concrete of the sidewalk.

Interesting eating: four flavors of brownies from Zingerman’s Bakery.

 

Recent Reading

Quotes that characterize these two important books that I have been reading:

“We have been given only a taste of what is in store if we fail to ramp down carbon emissions in the years ahead. These crises are inextricably interwoven. Climate change—along with urbanization, poverty, human migrations, and other social determinants—is driving pandemics with increasing frequency. Whether it’s the health of our people or the health of our planet, we are on an unsustainable path. To make matters worse, the rejection of science is being used to target the physical safety and careers of scientists committed to preventing the next pandemic and halting the progression of climate change.”  (Science Under Siege, Michael Mann and Peter Hotez, p. 4)

“Most people now understand that climate change is being driven by the greenhouse effect, the buildup of certain heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere, largely from the burning of fossil fuels and other activities related to energy production. Serious efforts are under way to curtail these kinds of air pollution by phasing in clean sources of energy. But in a grim irony, some of the most promising sources of otherwise green energy are disastrous for migratory birds if they’re put in the wrong places.” (A Season on the Wind, Kenn Kaufman, p. 10)

 

The details leading up to the Civil War are only vaguely familiar to me.
Clearly, I knew only the outline, and the major participants.
It’s a very tragic story, and I’m not sure I have the courage to read about Reconstruction!

On TV

We have watched episodes 1-5 of The Marlow Murder Club,
and now eagerly await the last episode of this series.

We have watched the first three episodes, and look forward to the rest.