Archives: 2008 August

On Friday over at Keyboard Culture, I wrote about the short-term and long-term effects of Tropical Storm Fay. She was something else! The Kroehler household was fortunate to be spared the worst effects. In fact, since we suffered no flooding, Fay was good to us. Our lawn had been parched because the first half of August was very dry. No longer!

The long, hot days of summer have tested my patience (Tropical Storm Fay didn’t help!) but in the background, wonderful work has been underway at Wellsphere.com – the prelaunch of the latest version of the platform! A few glitches have creapt into the process but it’s almost done and with it will come an explosion of new traffic for me.

My trip to Detroit to meet with the good folks at EDAG, who will construct the Interstate Traveler, was fabulous! Justin Sutton was a most gracious host. He showed us the exterior of his boyhood home. He gave us the big tour of his Whitmore Lake marina. He introduced us to his Detroit office staff and his father!

I wrote about the North Pacific Gyre the other day at Keyboard Culture. I encourage you to examine my thoughts as well as those of the good publishers of GreatGarbagePatch.org.

In my August 1 post at Keyboard Culture, I told you about Al Gore’s powerhouse policy speech on renewable energy. He laid down the gauntlet regarding America’s addiction to fossil fuels. Needless to say, I maintain that he did a very fine job.

Defenders of Wildlife is an invaluable ally in the environmental community. More than any other group, Defenders have taken up the cause of wolf slaughter and achieved many great victories. Now, through the end of November, they are offering a literature prize of $1,000 for the best submission about the author’s positive encounter with the beauty of America’s federal lands and waters.

I have been accepted as a guest columnist for Municipal World and my unique visitor count for the month of July at Keyboard Culture exceeded 28,000! I am very pleased with these results.

I have enjoyed Mario Bello’s acting greatly ever since she entered the Cook County Emergency Room several seasons into the NBC hit series ER. Yes, she is that good.