My latest Green Chain column for the Record-Bee. Just after 7 p.m. on Sept 5, 2001, Mark Lynas, a writer and a member of the Green Party in Britain stepped into the Borders Bookshop in Oxford and “pied” former Greenpeace member Bjorn Lomborg with a sponge cake topped with whipped cream. Lomborg was at theContinue reading “Taking the Romance out of Environmentalism”
Monthly Archives: February 2013
Weekend Postcard: Bear Creek
This is Bear Creek looking west near the junctions of California state routes 16 and 20. Every time I have crossed the bridge, the water has appeared tranquil.
Weekend Postcard: The Napa Valley Palisades
The light struck Mount St. Helena the other day as I drove north on California state route 29. The light and shadow played on the rock palisades at the north end of Napa Valley. The moments of beauty, where the light and shadow take your breath away last less than a minute it seems. YouContinue reading “Weekend Postcard: The Napa Valley Palisades”
