Salvation Army

Chicago's own LaRoyce Hawkins from Chicago P.D. in a recent Salvation Army ad.

Blue Spruce

Our blue spruce blew down during a storm and 55 mph winds on November 26th.  Expect the unexpected; life is full of surprises.

Photo: Marge Ishmael

Climate change "our greatest threat"

Speaking at a UN climate change summit in Poland this week, David Attenborough warned of the collapse of civilization. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46398057

One-third of food (worldwide) is wasted

Waste and spoilage in harvesting, storage, transport and shops accounts for an estimated 1.3 billion tonnes of food a year and that's about 1/3 of food, worldwide.

Telegraph.co.uk

63rd Street Beach, Chicago

63rd Street Beach on an early November afternoon.

The internet will be the death of us (NYT)

Bruce Nauman’s “Double Poke in the Eye II" 1985

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/opinion/internet-violence-hate-prejudice.html

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