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Geographer. In a classroom for 36 yrs. Now writing pieces on it. Intrigued by a planet; concerned for its future. Allotment-eer, tennis-er, and gardener… with the emotional upheaval they all entail. Live in East Yorkshire and appreciate hearing about lives wherever on this spinning fragment of orbiting rock you call home. #geography #geology #archaeology #astronomy #photography #climatecrisis #politics #science

Over 100 billion people have lived on our planet.

Just 622 have been to space.

Just 12 have set foot on another celestial object, our barren moon.

Not a single human has been to another planet.

We know of no other planet that can sustain human life.

Why is it so damn hard to get people to care about protecting the only home we've ever had and the only place we can live?

#climatechange

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/oceans-break-record-for-highest-temperatures-four-years-in-a-row-180981455/

Oceans Break Record for Highest Temperatures Four Years in a Row

Warming oceans can drive sea-level rise and extreme weather

Smithsonian Magazine
Historical tradition maintained today (Jan 22nd) by pruning the vine in the greenhouse. Took all of 15 mins. but created a profound sense of continuity with my medieval ancestors. (Pretty sure they were the ones outside in the cold doing the pruning rather than inside with a nice log fire quaffing the results of the previous harvest). From Robert Lacey's 'The Year 1000' #winemaking #vine #gardening
Noteworthy: China’s population falls for the first time in 60 years. Have we seen ‘peak China’ - demographically?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-64300190
China's population falls for first time since 1961

The birth rate fell to 6.77 births per 1,000 women - the lowest it has ever been.

BBC News
So Royal family disputes are top of BBC News again. More important than the NHS or anti-democratic riots in Brazil.
#NHS #NHSCrisis #Brazil
Can’t help thinking that if you go to ransack a national congress building and presidential palace on a Sunday, when no-one’s there, it’s more that you’re doing it to put on your social media and get some short-lived cachet. Vandalism for likes. It’s deplorably pathetic. #brazil

For #SilentSunday, a ferry crosses Elliott Bay on its way to one of the islands.

Winters in Seattle can feel dreary at times, but I do love the subtle, muted beauty of the landscape this time of year (when I’m not soaked through from the rain, that is 😉). ❤️

#Sunday #Seattle #Photography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #Sunset #Winter

Tom Hanks’ advice to his son appearing in the ‘Otto’ film who hadn’t acted before: “Turn up on time, and have an idea in your head”. (ClassicFM)

Pretty good mantra for most of us intending to have a productive new day.

So, tomorrow is ‘Plough Monday’, the first Monday after Epiphany on Jan 6th, when, in medieval times, work started after the 12 days of Christmas in getting the ox teams harnessed and beginning turning the soil and burying the weeds of last season. A good day to consider burying last year’s failures, embarrassments & disappointments, and turning a renewed face to receive sustenance for a fresh season. Hoping you feel replenished to grow well this next year.

I keep this reminder close at hand:

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.” ~Ralph Waldo #Emerson

#SelfCare