Bwana Eliapenda — This story will break at least two of the rules for the Photo a Day for 30 Days series. First, it shows a person, Bwana Eliapenda (although, only in silhouette). Second, I am going to tell a story… and it will be more than a couple of paragraphs. Sorry… I…

I have written several articles about the unsustainable nature of Human population and activities. I often say, “There are too many of us, and we are doing too much stuff.” You may wonder why I keep writing these articles. Well… If you were walking down the street in your neighborhood…

An Exploration of Belief I read an article on Medium by David Gamble with the title, “Why do some hold Paranormal Beliefs while others don’t?” Mr. Gamble’s article reminded me of an article I wrote and published twelve years ago on Newsvine with the title “The Truth We Want”. I…

We buy “things” from Amazon or some other retailer. These “things” are wrapped in a type of plastic that will take thousands of years, if not longer, to break down. The “thing”, housed in its plastic container, goes inside a box with a pretty design on the outside. That box…

This article was originally published on Newsvine in 2010. The topic is even more relevant today than it was twelve years ago. A while back I saw an article with the title, “Have all of you Progressive-Socialist-Democrats finally gotten the message?” The author then quotes someone making a case against…

About world-wide human population… 70,000 BC — Just a few thousand surviving humans The human species, Homo Sapiens, has existed for about 300,000 years. About 70,000 years ago there was a catastrophic eruption of the Toba super volcano. This cataclysm reduced the world-wide human population to only a few thousand. Many other species were also drastically reduced. 2,500 BC — 20 million humans Around 2500…

Well… they’re not actually MY children. They’re all adopted. Saudi Saudi was the first. He came to me as a puppy. I named him after the place I was born. I was told he was half Malamute… probably at least part German Shepard. I don’t really know. In any event, he…