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IT’S TIME TO HIT PAUSE AND REFRESH

IT’S TIME TO HIT PAUSE AND REFRESH

The mid-term elec­tions hav­ing defied pre­dic­tions and avoid­ed cat­a­stro­phe, it would be a wise deci­sion for the U.S. and a wel­come relief for the rest of the world, if Amer­i­cans heed an obser­va­tion from one of their most tren­chant home­spun philoso­phers, Mark Twain: “The right word may be effec­tive, but no word was ever as effec­tive as a right­ly timed pause.”Read the rest

TO HELP SAVE NATURE, PAUSE TO CONTEMPLATE IT

TO HELP SAVE NATURE, PAUSE TO CONTEMPLATE IT

Watch­ing the palette of the chang­ing leaves that have graced the rolling forests gird­ing the lake where I spend the sum­mer flut­ter down, I found myself think­ing that if the par­tic­i­pants of the upcom­ing COP27 cli­mate change gath­er­ing did the same thing, metaphor­i­cal­ly at least, it would be time well spent.Read the rest