ALSO from Oil & Water Don’t Mix Last night, the Michigan Supreme Court did something Enbridge didn’t think was coming and vacated approval of the Line 5 oil tunnel. The justices didn’t split hairs. They found the tunnel has no state siting approval that’s required under federal law. And they held that before any state agency…
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FFF 62 — Enbridge Line 5 developments
click on link to take you to a page with various live cams trained on Mackinac Straits area Today I’ve learned about two big developments in the fight against Canada’s Enbridge building a tunnel around their decrepit oil pipelines running under the Straits of Mackinac, where 21% of the world’s fresh water resides. The first,…
dVerse Poetics Tuesday — First Window
First WindowOverbreathed, stale, closed systemwhere months feel like life sentence;where clouds press on in suffocation,denying screen’s supply of fresh new;too afraid of price to skin and purse, too blind to cost of lungs and spirit.Called by muffled crows & kite-straddling March lion glass, I reachfor latch and fling it aside, proudfor this one small act…
To Winter Solstice (repost from 2018)
image link from today’s The New York Post Winter solstice wonder, this darkest night Put to rest long freezes, short days, and death Time to welcome back some warmth, life, and light Winter solstice wonder, this darkest night Urge Sol, travel back to our world of white Bring warmth to digits, take frost from our…
24 SSPC 29 (2nd week) — Clear and Bright (April 4 – 18) Seimei and dVerse OLN 360
spring mystery catkins, how do you purr, make your fur, silky-soft red, a firework magnet, a spring vortex, pull in? winter’s final gift new path among old woods bright glory-of-the-snow among fallen dry beech sing spring’s fresh song today spring’s first feast wind’s grace through its absence, first cherry blossoms rest, graceful white petals, cupped…
Doodads — pics from March and April, yard and fmg
This is a hodgepodge of pics from last month and up to today. Be ready for a fun video and a special surprise at the end. On 3/23, I saw Pudgy Possum out in the daytime. And now the special guest:
Tao-Talk 