I have been pondering a recent article in the New York Times Magazine (Dec. 2, 2018) entitled The Insect Apocalypse is Here. For various reasons there have been very few scientific studies done over the years on the total biomass of insects. Their general decline (it appears to be worldwide,

According to Wikipedia, “A jökulhlaup (Icelandic pronunciation:  [ˈjœːkʏl̥øip]) (literally “glacial run”) is a type of glacial outburst flood.It is an Icelandic term that has been adopted in glaciological terminology in many languages. It originally referred to the well-known subglacial outburst floods from Vatnajökull, Iceland, which are triggered by geothermal heating and occasionally by a volcanic subglacial eruption, but it is now

  Time is one of the most equitable thing in our life. But it is a bit different in usage depending on national character.   “The National Character Joke of Time” At the meeting Japanese arrive at 1 hour before. British people arrive at 10 minutes before. Americans arrive at exactly time.

      I have lots of time to develop the idea for the next prompt. And I have scribbled down many ideas over the months since being assigned my time to introduce it.  But nothing really jumped out at me  I wanted an idea that could be interpreted in many different ways as

  When we got our prompt “Water” from Sandra my first thoughts were about the oceans. They are in peril right now and so essential for life on earth.  I thought about the floating plastic in our oceans that kills marine wildlife and pollutes the environment of so many species.

We are drinking water every day. Most living things on the earth are difficult to survive without water.  However, the reality is that the industrial activities of humans are causing various kind of pollution. Among them, many people suffer from various diseases due to water pollution. I think this is

  Time Fragments #23 :Beach Daze  30.5″W x 40.5 ” H        The beach and accompanying water whether ocean, lake or pond, are always a part of my summers. And the last two years we have added trips to Florida in the depths of winter doldrums here in cloudy

 My friend and I walk in the morning in the wetlands. It is a world of water and the life that is drawn to the wetland. The beavers have returned and flooded our trails and changed the landscape, but we are undeterred and skirt the edges of new water and

  I am so impressed with the various approaches of each artist in Cloth in Common.  Seems we all have major concerns about water issues.  During the time I was working on my quilt, Hurricane Michael was threatening and then came crashing into the panhandle area of Florida, causing death

  Do you think the water has a shape? Sea, River, Waterfall, Waves?                                                                                      If we want to touch it. It will get out of between our fingers. The water doesn’t change at all, and just let the moment see through it.   I focused in the facetted beauty of

      My corner of the world received a record amount of rainfall this year.   While we were inconvenienced by cancelled events and some flooding, I was more pained by the draught and wildfires in other areas of the globe. I paid attention when the Elbe River in

  When I read the prompt I was in the middle of a protracted fabric dyeing session so my mind went to how much water we use when drying or printing our fabrics, and how much water is used in general to produce cotton fabrics. I also thought about how