Broken Heart

Broken Heart
She called for a ride,

Broken Heart
Crying
On the phone,

The Rogue Rooster
Coldly rejected her,
"Check", was all he said.

The Message

Summer Images

For Sunday, Summer Images from the archives

Pluto, Speak

We have a probe near Pluto. It has a bright spot. Holy shit. http://t.co/HsirKvdxAA pic.twitter.com/SOld5O91ZE

— Ben Kuchera (@BenKuchera) June 26, 2015

Pluto, Speak

Pluto, Speak, You are a planet,

Then you weren't

Then you were, er, are,

Or Are you?

We Earthlings are distracted,

By other Earthlings,

Mean, Ugly, Adorable, Nice,

They come in all varieties of the same strand.

So as the Twitter feed goes rolling by,

I do try to select the Astronomical Tweets,

Filter out the weird, boring, repetitive.

There was this one of Pluto,

I knew it meant a lot, 

Right after I saw Titan's lakes.

So what are those lights,

or fires, lava,

or something we don't know yet?

Perhaps Pluto will Speak to us,

What are those lights?

 

Friday Night Musik Amy Helm has a new album!

Amy Helm has a new album!

Oh yes, we ordered ours,

Now go here and order yours.

Video links from YouTube

Great musik!

amyhelm.com

Sailing

The Zentangle led me to sailing,
Funny how I do the outline, 
then fill in with colors and lessons,
pick the markers pretty much randomly,
or so it seems,
then the image,
the scene emerges.

Summer's Web

first i posted the spider web photo
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then tonight i retweeted a lot from the public service board hearings on the
proposed addison county pipeline

here are a few...

Coverage of yesterday's @VtGas hearing by @zachdespart . Continued today. #Vt http://t.co/GBYUmkGySm via @bfp_news pic.twitter.com/uGoyzQk3XN

— Emilie Stigliani (@EmilieStigliani) June 23, 2015

Hm. $154M for a 25% benefit for fewer than 3,000 customers. #vtpoli

— Just Power Vt (@JustPowerVt) June 23, 2015

PSB holding gas pipeline hearings - http://t.co/tkamqPjmg4 Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports- http://t.co/uKbMKS4uop

— Mary Gerdt (@marygerdt) June 23, 2015

PSB holding gas pipeline hearings - WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-

PSB holding gas pipeline hearings - WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-

This came in yesterday but I couldn't post because the music yesterday took priority.
These corporate bullies flap and flutter, spit and sputter, mix and mutter.
They promise only what the bureaucracy needs to justify their greedy hunger.
Meg


A few tweets from the hearing...

follow justpowervt on twitter

Fed policy says NEW customers pay for NEW pipes, but in VT our elders pay?! @AARPVT @RisingTideVT @VTWorkersCenter https://t.co/voK3tadYR2

— 350 Vermont (@350Vermont) June 22, 2015

FERC policy new customers pay 100% of new pipelines. VGS charging old (incl elderly) ratepayers for 35 yrs. #vtpoli pic.twitter.com/IH4ifh2wvN

— Just Power Vt (@JustPowerVt) June 22, 2015

Follow @JustPowerVt for updates from #frackedgas hearings 2day. #riseup #vtpoli @350Vermont @VNRCorg

— RisingTideVT (@RisingTideVT) June 22, 2015

Amy Helm at Mountain Jam. Stellar... link from yt

Amy Helm
And
The Handsome Strangers
Great, great, great.

you tube link...

Great song for Father's Day without Dad
Following Mother's Day without Mom.

May the Circle be Unbroken...

The Backup Group

Casey and Boots

They desperately needed a break.
Casey wasn't much to look at but
She could sing the blues like no tomorrow.

Boots loved Casey for food, shelter and companionship.
He picked up a harmonica backstage at one of Casey's gigs.
Surprisingly a natural player.
They were a sight to see and hear.

They just needed a break.

Friday Night Musik

Been on my mind...

History

History

Has a way of finding you.

We went to our favorite thrift store and I finally got a photo of this plane.

At the Middlebury VFW

http://www.3rdmaw.marines.mil/Units/MAG13/VMA211/History

The history of this plane.

Memories 2

Memories 2
The Archer again.

Apple Blossoms, Reflections and Tweeting Tommy

Steve Earle for Monday

Enjoy this link

Arrows

Arrows

The image,

Memories,

The arrows,

Lesions,

The Archer,

A MonSter.

Out on a Limb

Out on a Limb

Do kids still climb trees?

There was a time when I would climb a tree,
Without a ladder,
Or audience.

The perspective is unique,
Often solitary,
Or so it seems at first.


The phrase,
"Out on a Limb",
Means taking risks,
On your own.


It never seemed to be a risk,
Climbing trees.
Once in awhile, though,
someone would fall off a tree limb and break a bone.
Then we had some excitement in the neighborhood.

Friday Night Musik link

Fred spooled this up,

previewing these great musicians

who are doing a show at

levon's

www.levonhelm.com

Once I saw this video,

I was ready to post for Friday night.

Enjoy the link!

Buy their musik!

Have a Great weekend!

Gaz Updates

What I can handle of the Gas, Gaz updates,
Fricking, Fracking.

Some spin yarns of wool,
Some spin lies, you fool.

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/how-the-release-of-the-epas-draft-assesment-on-drinking-water-impacts-was-spun/

Now for our stop the pipeline group-think collection of links...
Love this group!


News from Arkansas:
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jun/04/break-s-news-called-slow-20150604/?f=business

From all over...

Forbes

Natural gas leak closes Highway 20 in Lebanon

Albany Democrat Herald

Moore said that Northwest Natural Gas was worried about the potential for an explosion at the house, which led to the closure of all lanes of the ...

Sounds like NH is still on the route.

Boston Herald

Worcester pipeline stalls

Boston Herald

The developer of a $4 billion natural gas pipeline is retrenching after it was unable to secure a customer for an additional Worcester pipeline.

--

wwlp.com

Controversial New England gas pipeline proposal scaled back

Boston Globe (subscription)

Stymied by a lack of new natural-gas customers, Kinder Morgan Inc. is scaling back the scope of its controversial proposal to build a network of new ...

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NatGas Imports From Canada Lowest Since 1995; Exports to Mexico Up

Natural Gas Intelligence

Canadian natural gas exports to the United States shrank last year to their ... Pipeline flows from Canada into the U.S. fell to 2.722 Tcf in 2014, off by 5% from ... The latest annual gas trade scorecard registers dramatic effects of U.S. ...

spectator.southcoasttoday

Presenters say consumers pay for gas leaks

spectator.southcoasttoday

SOMERSET — An eye opening number of gas leaks in the Boston area cause ... Wool said gas leaks can cause explosions that cause injuries and deaths. ... Prokosch said that electricity generation has to be moved off of natural gas ...

Pipeline Expansion Foes Say Latest Approval Shows Gas Will Be Exported

The Daily Voice

CORTLANDT MANOR, N.Y. -- A grassroots coalition, No Pipeline ... that natural gas from Spectra Energy's Northeast pipeline expansions will be ...

From Vermont Digger:
http://vtdigger.org/2015/06/01/diane-derrick-the-vermont-gas-fiction/#.VW2mefmWMrA.email

Scheduled events in Vermont...
Call for Action:

Dear friends - Sending this again in case it didn't go out to everyone,

Since 2012, Vermont Gas Systems has attempted to construct a 42-mile long fracked gas pipeline from Colchester to Middlebury. Due to widespread opposition from the public and landowners, Phase 2 of the pipeline was defeated in early 2015, protecting Lake Champlain and shoreline communities from the dangers of an explosive pipeline. And now, as the cost of Phase 1 continues to rise, the Vermont Public Service Board will decide whether or not to scrap Vermont Gas’ permits altogether, putting an end to the largest fossil fuel expansion in Vermont in the past 50 years.

On Monday, June 22, at 4 pm, people from across Vermont will gather in front of the Public Service Board hearings in Montpelier to stand up for our right to a livable planet and to defend the rights of communities from Alberta to Monkton. Will you be there?

Sign up here: bit.ly/floodthehearing

Together, we will send a resoundingly clear message to the Board and the Governor: It’s time to scrap the fracked gas pipeline once and for all.

After rallying outside the hearings, we will hold an all-night vigil and encampment to remember and honor those who have already lost their homes or lives due to climate chaos. There will be music, food, and opportunities to connect with your neighbors and community to grieve, offer prayers, sing, and share the weight of all we are up against. We will also have facilitated conversations considering how to move this movement forward and stop the fracked gas pipeline and build a just and livable future for all.

On the morning of Tuesday, June 23, we will break camp and fill the hearings to support intervening landowners who are standing up to the fracking industry in the regulatory arena.

The human and environmental impacts are huge. From the shalefields of Alberta to the communities in Chittenden and Addison counties, people’s health, safety and democratic participation are cast aside for the interests of the fossil fuel industry. The time to rise up to demand and create a better world has come. Please visit bitly.com/floodthehearing to sign up to join us and learn more.

-Anna and the Campaign to Stop the Fracked Gas Pipeline

P.S. Invite your friends to participate by forwarding this call to action on other list serves and sharing the facebook event.

More links and wise commentary...:
VT Gas must be playing the looong game since they won't head for Rutland until 2030 without the IP spur.

Dispatch center, economy tops for delegation

Rutland Herald

... give greater flexibility to the Vermont Economic Growth Incentive program. ... the Rutland County Parent-Child Center, S-P Land and Vermont Gas

Bad news for landowners..and lover of the pristine Oregon Coast:

New Hampshire Public Radio

Federal regs would preempt NH regs on eminent domain for pipeline projects like Kinder Morgan

Concord Monitor

Sponsors said the bill would protect landowners' rights, but many cautioned it wouldn't pre-empt federal statute that allows natural gas pipeline ...



From Energy Independence to Export, same pipe new purpose.

Your View: Jordan Cove is the new Keystone XL pipeline

Coos Bay World

Our quiet cove at the edge of the Pacific Ocean is heir apparent to the debate that raged over the Keystone XL Pipeline. With a massive natural gas ...

Who pays?

vtdigger.org

Vermont balks at using ratepayer money for transmission build-out

vtdigger.org

Vermont, which regulates the electricity industry differently than its neighbors, is not as affected by the natural gas price spikes experienced by the rest ...

Give them an inch and they'll take your backyard.
from huff. post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-cantarow/giant-gas-pipeline-to-flank-ny-nuclear-plant_b_7144044.html

From the Business Insider:
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-fracking-industry-decline-2015-2015-4



And Last but not least:

http://boldnebraska.org/lower-brule-sioux-tribe-invokes-bad-man-treaty-clause-against-transcanada-to-block-keystone-xl/

A good sign...
Mary Gerdt

More Summer views from the archives

Summer

Summer is slowly becoming summer.

Our old farmstand served us well.
Was good for pocket change, selling surplus.

It left for a new home recently.
Memories stayed behind.

Publishing late today, snafu...

Sunday Dinner for Vulture

'

This is the closest I have been to a turkey vulture.
They do resemble turkeys.
He/she is enjoying his or her lunch, roadkill. He/she was not leaving under any circumstances so Fred snapped a few pictures.

Link to Outpost 42

This is the link to Outpost 42

Check them out,
Follow,
Ask,
Watch videos,
Read
Learn.

http://outpost42.esa.int/

Signs of Summer

Locust trees

And

Bumblebees

And

The soon to flower,

Peonies

Friday Night Music

Link from You tube...

Very special...tgif

Tweeting Dolphins

it started as an earnest attempt to share photos of the giant old locust tree in our yard that got struck by lightning. I am reassured I am able to scream when subjected to the sound, and flash of light of that lightning strike that split a mighty old tree in two. Anyway, it rained for 2 days. Today, cold, clear and crisp (yes, June!) I took pictures with my phone...they are in some limbo place...will try again once I disentangle my media.
so I went onto twitter looking for worthy media...and sure enough,
Dolphins...national geographic...from a friendly tweeterer.
Have a great Thursday...

One of my favorite photos - Stunning Bottlenose Dolphins in Surf (via @NatGeo) pic.twitter.com/8O8QBzlbgG

— Robert J. Szczerba (@RJSzczerba) June 4, 2015

Revolution Islands

Revolution Islands

No, to be honest,
I have no idea...meg

Kefir

  Kefir being cultivated. Love this homemade kefir +Yogurt 

Be careful what you wish for...

Be careful what you wish for...

...you might just get it...meg