In the sticky transition I am in, lodged back and forth amidst my new home (Asheville) and the home we’re leaving (Raleigh), I was lucky enough last week to have two goodbye outings with work colleagues. The first was fun and official. The second one was impromptu. On a whim, four of us went to my favorite [...]
Green Grounded is sometimes amazed at how the natural environment and urban development merge. Often, I notice that we push wildlife out of their natural settings. Consequences are expressed in our daily lives as we experience far too many deer carcasses on the side of highways.
On a much (much) lighter note than roadkill, here’s a video [...]
After I saw the first few leaves changing color over a week ago, Raleigh faced a couple freezes, and all the trees are ablaze with splendid Autumn magnificience.
John over at Raleigh Nature shared the most AMAZING pics of the foliage over at Dorothea Dix campus.
My photos are not nearly as beautiful, but I still felt [...]
Lame play on words, but I wanted to write a brief commentary on the energy, emotionally, of our nation post Tuesday’s election. Tuesday itself was a holiday to me, commanding more honor than so many national holidays, I have looked forward to Election 2008 since summer of 2007. I compiled a short video of Marc’s [...]
The film here was filmed in mid-September, as Green Grounded and the Triangle were suffering from $5 a gallon gasoline. “Drill Baby Drill!” was a popular chant (or source of criticism), and I was still driving Gina. I planned on airing it before registration deadline, but life (and car accidents) got in the way.
I waited [...]
The Green Grounded Team could not believe how many envelopes, letters, postcards, brochures, and copies of our police report ended up in our mailbox after the accident. Apparently, advertising your law services and chiropractic practice keeps the USPS in business… and unfortunately, continues deforestation for paper products. I think a whole tree died just to [...]
How beautiful it is outside… earlier this week, just outside my apartment window, I spotted the first colorful signs of Autumn. Have I ever mentioned this is the most magical time of year?
Without fail, this time of year is a sign of renewal for me. I know many people attribute the obvious charms of Spring with [...]
Not because our nation has figured out the mastery of green technology and alternative fuels, but for various other reasons a Yahoo news article claims that gas prices could be $3 or less a gallon in time for the holidays!
The article states
On Friday, fears of a global recession helped drive down U.S. crude oil futures [...]
The deadline for voter registration in North Carolina is FRIDAY, 10 October 2008, so Green Grounded encourages you North Cackalackians to GET REGISTERED. Otherwise, you don’t get to make that difference… and for the first time in history, North Carolina could be an important link in the Presidential Elections! We could even end up a [...]
In case you didn’t see the N&O article yesterday, Green Grounded and friends saw that a group is conducting a study to look into taxing each mile you drive instead of continuing with the state’s highway tax on each gallon of gasoline you purchase.
Fourteen states besides North Carolina are included in this study, where volunteers [...]
