Statutory Proselytizing — The percentage of Americans who identify as Christian was 90% in 1972. However, a 2022 report by the Pew Research Center predicted that, at its current rate of decline, Christianity could see its share of the American population shrink from just over 60% today to 35% by 2070; a precipitous…

Hiding in Plain Sight — We scurry about our daily lives tending to real and imagined schedules, not taking time to enjoy the wealth of artistic views in our own homes. Some people wander their hallways with faces buried in a phone screen, soaking up the latest news on the shape of Kardashian rear ends…

Change is in the Air — Published in the EarthSphere Blog We have been graced with the pleasurable company of La Niña for the past three years, helping to keep the Pacific NW moister and sparking increased hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean. The fact is, three consecutive years of La Niña conditions is quite unusual…

Greenhouse to Icehouse — Published in the EarthSphere Blog Earth’s normal condition is hot, much warmer than today’s world. The planet formed 4.5 billion years ago, and since then it has spent about 670 million years in glacial conditions. So, the planet has been cold for about 15% of its existence. …

Art in an Angry Sky —

Extreme Climate and Underwater Landslides — Published in the EarthSphere Blog Eons ago, when the world was younger, something unusual was happening deep below the surface of our planet’s oceans. The first hominids had not yet climbed down from their trees to roam African savannas, and evolution was much closer to the age of dinosaurs than…

Something’s Happening Here — Nine o’clock at night is not when I would hope to be online waiting to deliver a message to our local School Board. Yet there I was, sitting at my desk, waiting for my allotted three minutes to address the Board. It was my first attempt to use their newly…

Versus What The Camera Sees — I have engaged with art for most of my life. But I made a decision many years ago to pursue art on a full-time basis only when I could afford to be a starving artist. Welcome to my life today. My entry into the world of art occurred as a…

The 1.5°C Goal is Only Theoretically Obtainable — NPR recently reported on research indicating we may reach the 1.5°C global warming threshold in ten to twelve years. You will recall that the 2015 Paris Agreement sought to limit global warming to well below 2°C, preferably to 1.5°C compared to pre-industrial levels. Researchers are not disputing the theoretical possibility…