Herman Hesse opens his 1919 novel Demian with the following few lines. I wanted only to try to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so difficult? And then, about three-quarters of…

by Reese Jones There is the methane monster; a permafrost timebomb in the making. But perhaps to trump that, there's now the ominous spectre of global dimming. What is global dimming? Global dimming is the "darkening" of the atmosphere by…

by T. Ripton This isn't a last-ditch effort from a dying girl attempting to placate her own woes or worries. This essay is written in celebration. I say this unlike most all others have ever said or meant it before:…

I've copied below an essay I posted in this space on 29 July 2008. It's posted verbatim, and is preceded by a brief, contemporary introduction and also an embedded song. There's much more, too, at the bottom of the page.…

I posted the essay below, verbatim, on 7 August 2008. I'm using the same title for today's essay, and adding a brief introduction and an embedded song. Also, I've linked to a new essay for Shift at the bottom of…

The National Geographic television show was better than I expected. It aired 1 November 2015. Ultimately Bill Nye returned to Stage 3, bargaining, after briefly visiting stages 4 and 5, depression and acceptance, respectively. The show can viewed, at least…

I've embedded below video from a presentation I delivered in the Royal Room in Seattle, Washington. Topic was abrupt climate change and the event transpired on 17 June 2015. Sorry for the delay in posting here: editing took longer than…