it’s been 38 years since i’ve moved here. thirty-eight. it even takes me by surprise. when we moved here, the deal was “three to five and then we move on”. uh-huh.

but it’s where we bought this old house, where the children were born, where life was lived – good and bad, happy and sad – and time seemed to fly by. truly. and now it’s 38 years later.

in the time i’ve been here – this place where i was transplanted – i cannot remember weather that has been as ornery as this spring and summer.

yesterday, while trying to keep up with yet another tornado warning coming from the west, i was on jake’s weather page on facebook – a local and much-appreciated meteorologist. he was reporting on the progress of the storms heading in our direction, with his predictions about them.

i read the comments on his latest post and totally agreed with a few, particularly:

“good grief! not again!” and “i can’t believe these storms this year.”

exactly.

because climate change is real and our extreme weather is directly related to it.

because global warming is real and our extreme weather is directly related to it.

because ecology and green sustainability are real and dealing with our extreme weather is directly related to both.

because caring about our resources, our natural environment, our atmosphere, our forests and seas and aquifer and pollution control and this good earth is real and we should care about all of it, protect all of it, invest in all of it. our extreme weather – and the extreme weather around our state, our region, our country, the global world depends on us and what we choose to do.

the survival of this place we call home – whether it’s wisconsin or any other place on this planet – is dependent on us to make good choices.

there is no way around it, despite any twisted misinformation that the current administration wishes one to believe.

make good choices. time flies by.

our world becomes our childrens’ and then their childrens’. our home becomes theirs.

“preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.” (carl sagan)

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read DAVID’s thoughts this D.R. THURSDAY

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