Green News and Opinion

In the past week we have learned that the dog my wife has been training to do search-and-rescue work has severe hip displaysia, which means she can't do search-and-rescue work. Nancy was quite upset by this news, as you might imagine. Tomorrow she goes to a specialist to decide what, if anything, can be done to make it possible for Cyra to continue doing some sort of rescue work, perhaps doing water searches for drowning victims.

I also was in a wreck yesterday which I expect will have totaled my vehicle. I was run off the road on the Interstate and hit a guard rail. One tire was ruptured, the entire passenger side of the mini-van was pushed in, and the engine compartment looks like it got shoved around a bit too.

I also found out this morning that my mother died this past summer. You might guess from the fact that I haven't known for six months that my mother was dead that our family is not particularly close. You would be right.

So, the bottom line is that I have a lot to think about, including this blog. Having hundreds of people drive by you when you *obviously* were just in an accident has made me begin to wonder frankly if all this is worth it. If people are so cold that they won't stop to help someone who *clearly* needed it, well, there's a lot to do on building a decent human spirit, and I question what my role is in creating that culture.

All in all I expect that I will not be as active on this blog, or other activist stuff, for the foreseeable future. I have the potential in my business to prosper, if I focus on the business. Focus has never been a strong suit of mine. Over the next few days/weeks, I plan to think about and create a plan for my future. At 47 years of age I think the time has come to begin to look at all my options, and choose the options that give me the best shot at accomplishing the things I want to accomplish.

Anyway, I'm not running away, and I'm not quitting. I'm just thinking out loud and trying to see what I should do, how and when.

Of course, I'll let my readers know as soon as I have a plan. Until then, expect less frequent posts, and please consider getting your daily blog fix via one of these other sources too:

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