Thanks for staying in the game!

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A Cotoni Coast Dairies Update It has been a while since I gave an update on Cotoni Coast Dairies, but I have previously written much about that piece of (unfortunately) federally-owned ‘conservation’ land on Santa Cruz County’s…

Some more news about Cotoni Coast Dairies, a Bureau of Land Management managed 'unit' of the California Coastal Monument in Santa Cruz County, California.

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‘Israel never talked me into the war with Iran,’ Trump says US president suggests attacking Iran was his own decision as war struggles to garner public support amid energy crisis.

Q: How can you tell if Trump is lying?

A: He is talking.

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“People have to feel safe when we burn” - an oft-cited quote from Rx fire enthusiasts. How is that ever going to happen?

“Fire suppression” sounds like putting out wildfire, and who can argue against that?

“Banning the cultural use of fire” was the first step of the colonists, who shortly thereafter instituted burning to benefit forest and range management, or they just let yahoos burn with impunity.

Say it!

I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore! (pass it on!)

Crystalline Beauty, Distant Views This past week at Molino Creek Farm saw the most gorgeous days imaginable. The temperature was just right: in the lower 70s during the day and 50’s at night. The air was still and clear. One could …

Laid back news from a beautiful farm.
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an apple tree festooned with red fruit

Looking forward to apples - they are just starting to bloom, but one day will bear fruit.

Like Vietnam, it is apparently policy to lie to the US citizens who are responsible for the war.

Cherry Blossom Special It is stupendous and so very fleeting – a grove of cherry trees in bloom. Buds swell quickly, then bare branches soon festooned with pure white petals unfurling. Almost immediately the flowers fade…

Some peaceful reflections about Farm Life on the Central Coast of California:
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Naming and Renaming Ecologists often note that place names reflect things that have been destroyed. Elk Grove, California has neither elk nor groves. The Elkhorn Slough likewise is missing its elk. Grizzly Island in t…

Gulf of the Americas? What about all of this renaming?

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Heat, Heat, Heat! Extraordinary heat is the news from Molino Creek Farm…and everywhere around the Central Coast of California. It has been in the 80s during the day for a few days running and going down into the 60s…

A bit about Molino Creek Farm on the Central Coast of California- read for a bit of a break...
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All of this supposes he is not highly compromised by Russia, which he must be…as such he can’t quit.

Interesting proposition that the anti-Semitic racists will divide the MAGA coalition over Israel-directed new war

“They shouldn’t be allowed to get away with it” suggests that there might be a way of holding them accountable: is there any indication that will happen?

The sign from thousands of non human animals channeled through a homeowner’s chalk:

US responsible for deadly attack on Iranian school: Amnesty International Rights group says Tomahawk missile likely used in Minab school strike that killed at least 170 people, mostly children.

All other details of the so-called Orwellian “non-war” aside, the purposeful targeting of a school full of children deserves bipartisan outcry:

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Tremulous Time Humans keep calendars and clocks, rarely aligned with Nature’s metronome. Religion nudges ceremony further, further from the harmonic pulse of seasons, from the spin of Earth, Moon, and Sun. The pe…

Ready for a brief escape to a farm?
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Mycorrhizal Meanderings On February 5, 2026, the upper foot of soil surrounding the Monterey Bay was dry, a week later it was wet. For weeks, during the time of year when our Mediterranean climate should have been at its …

The importance of fungi to all life on Earth cannot be overemphasized. greyhayes.net/2026/03/10/m...

Where did this go? “Team America F/ck Yeah!”

Thanks for the report. I agree- USA morally bankrupt

Nice! Thanks for this.

Oh- and look at that expert plastic surgery on his ear where the bullet hit him!

Right of center Newsom

Clinton: accused of having relations with Lewinsky, started war in Kosovo

Please don’t

I was ready to move on but then I came across this video and just had to share it because it was spot on. Thank you Sara Wiles.

It is a bipartisan evil! War without a vote. War is over, if we want it, war is over now.