Tag Archives: Non-source point pollution

Environment, Making changes, silly things that irritate me, water

A beach, a dock and the two faces of styrofoam

Posted by on August 21, 2011 at 4:24 pm.

I’ve just returned from the scene of a conundrum. A few days ago a Whidbey visitor left a comment here on Tidal Life about a section of dock that had floated up and lodged on a local beach. They asked for my help finding the correct agency to remove it. While I was flattered to [...]

Environment, Making changes, Outdoors, The Good Life

How to barbecue with a little less guilt

Posted by on June 25, 2011 at 4:22 pm.

Summer on the beach can lead to burning. The smoke rises every weekend from beach fires, camp fires, backyard fire-pit gatherings. The first week of July we add fireworks. And all season long there’s barbecuing. I love to cook on the barbecue, but each year as I face another couple of months of adding extra [...]

Environment, Marine science, The Good Life, Wildlife

Mother’s Day gifts

Posted by on May 10, 2009 at 8:09 am.

Wildlife on the waterfront this morning 1 loon 2 otters 2 tiny, unidentified ducks 2 towhees, one north, one south doing a call and response 1 glaucous winged gull infinte little brown jobs flitting about 1 flock of pigeons cooing under the neighbor’s dock – imaginary sound of brakes screeching – I experience a moment’s [...]

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