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The world of Colonel Wingnuts

March 28, 2024 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The Press Democrat, Monday, April 21, 1986 1B   Photo Caption: Colonel Wingnuts at the microphone of radio station KOZT in Fort Bragg The world of Col. Wingnuts Ex-Air Force lieutenant part showman, part meteorologist By PAT McKAY Correspondent FORT BRAGG – Can you believe a weatherman by the name of Colonel Wingnuts really is … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Flying, History, Politics, Science, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: 1986, astronomy, climate change, Colonel Wingnuts, Fort Bragg, futuristics, KOZT, Mendocino Coast, meteorology, The Press Democrat, Walter J. McKeown, weatherman

The Shrinking Stratosphere

May 12, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

The Guardian, again, posts some good information about the Anthropocene effects on climate in Climate emissions shrinking the stratosphere, scientists reveal. Thinning indicates profound impact of humans and could affect satellites and GPS. Meanwhile, on the NYTimes, another study showing that the increase of CO2 is causing a thinning via loss of density in the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Flying, Science, the Anthropocene Tagged: 2021, age of plastics, Anthropocene, climate, climate change, climate models, CO2, emissions, GPS, greenhouse gases, ignorosphere, plastic age, radio communications, satellite operations, Space Junk, stratosphere, troposphere

In the mail from TMS

February 20, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

These two cards and lovely mobile arrived in the mail today:

Posted in: Content, Faits Divers, Flying, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: Light Laughter, Love, Sergneri, Theresa Marie, TMS, TMS Artwork

TMS New Years Card

January 10, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From my sister Theresa – Tis Time For A FUNDEMIC!

Posted in: Feminism, Flying, Pandemic, Thinking about Tagged: FUNDEMIC, New Years 2021, Theresa Marie Sergneri, TMS

Diane di Prima, Poet of the Beat Era and Beyond, Dies at 86

October 28, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

A NY Times Book section obituary Diane di Prima, Poet of the Beat Era and Beyond, Dies at 86  and an Associated Press obituary were published today, 10/28/2020. From the New York Times: Ms. di Prima often spoke of the influence of her maternal grandfather, Domenico Mallozzi, a tailor and ardent anarchist who had immigrated … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, Flying, Obituaries, Politics, Racism, Sea Stories, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: Activism, autobiographical, Beat Era, Ezra Pound, Greenwich Village, heresies, Hidden Religion, Liberation News Service, Loba, Memoirs of a Beatnik, poet laureate of San Francisco, Poetics Program, Poetry, San Francisco, the Diggers

Just a dream

April 18, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

At about 04:30 AM this morning, I woke while dreaming that I was watching Joe Biden’s inauguration speech on TV. Biden was speaking of the need for a green new-deal and infrastructure initiative to put America back to where it should be and increase employment. It was the most pleasant dream I’ve had in many … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Flying, Future of Work, Pandemic, Politics, Sea Stories, Thinking about, This Day in History Tagged: 2020 Election, Biden, green infrastructure, green new-deal, inauguration

Time Spans

January 17, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Think of the times; mountains and water; trees and landscape; clouds, snow and rain; day and night; humans.

Posted in: Climate Change, Content, Faits Divers, Flying, Science, Sea Stories, Thinking about Tagged: Alps, Earth Time, Eiger, Human Time, Jungfrau, Lake, LauterAarHorn, Mountains Time, Munch, Neuchatel, Snow Time, Tree Time, Water Time

Takis, Sculptor Who Made Art From Moving Parts, Dies at 93

September 5, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Takis is dead

Posted in: Flying, Thinking about Tagged: Obituary

Take me to the river

February 18, 2014 by sergneri Leave a Comment
Posted in: Flying, Photography Tagged: Flying, FPV, Hexacopter, Radio Control

gate lock….

February 18, 2014 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Liberty ……. The LF silver lock on the gate is no more. After the past rain froze it, I sprayed and the shank came all the way out. That’s it for that lock. So from now on we will use the brass lock along with the Moto guys. The combo #. We will go with … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Flying Tagged: Faits Divers

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