Interesting New Versatile Electric Truck

 

"When the Butterflies Come Home Again" ~ Kathleen Dean Moore

 "This may be true: That we live in a time of cosmic tragedy, when heedless human expansion has pushed many of the planet’s lives beyond bearing. Marvels such as the universe has never seen before — angels’ trumpets and vaquita porpoises — may be past saving. As ecosystems unravel, so do the cultures that depend on them, and the dreadful, dangerous human genius has not yet found the imagination or will to rescue them. I fear that this is so.

But this also is true: That a flock of butterflies is dancing around purple lupine in our field. They are tiny, the size of a buttercup, but blue. So blue they look like slips of summer sky, taken flight. Fender’s blue butterflies, Icaricia icarioides fenderii. They once seemed to have vanished from the world in the 1930s, when farmers plowed up most of the prairie flowers. Scientists got ready to pronounce them extinct. But then, in 1989, a young U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist named Jarod Jebousek found a few butterflies on feral land next to our field."

This is just an excerpt ....

Click here to read the entire beautifully written piece

John Denver Sings David Mallett's Garden Song

 And of course it's from The Muppet Show ...

Carolyn Hax Today

I'm always amazed at Carolyn Hax's ability to see right to the heart of an issue. She rarely disappoints me, especially today's column.

The Divine Miss M

 

Article from Salem Reporter

 Important read if you're a Salem, Oregon resident ...

What We've Been Streaming since 2025

Still watching The Closer - series NF

Dear June - movie NF

Dear Mother - movie NF

Sentimental Value - movie

Bergerac - series Britbox

Ripples - NF

Seven Dials - NF mini series

Inside Llewyn Davis - movie Kanopy

The Summer Book - movie

Lincoln Lawyer new season - NF

Deadwater Fell - Britbox

Blue Moon - movie NF

Shrinking new season - Apple

Stone Mouth - series Britbox

Virgin River new season - NF

His Three Daughters - movie NF

Woman of the Hour - movie NF

The Wrong Man(s) series Britbox

Deadloch - series prime

Riot Women - series Britbox

Hamnet - movie Peacock

LIzzie and the Triggermen

 

Survivor Responds

 https://www.pbs.org/video/survivor-of-clergy-sexual-abuse-responds-to-scathing-report-1772668700/

Children's Art Book Kickstarter

 What a great idea for a children's book ....

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/littleoaknut/lines-in-art

One Australian Man's Vision

Mick Slocum has spent two years travelling Victoria restoring disused post office pillar boxes. The 76-year-old's passion sparked after he decided to remove graffiti near his home.Word of his passion got around, and he has the support of Australia Post and a paint supplier.  (Click here to read the story)

Photo credit to Scott Jewell ABC News (Australia)