Category Archives: Nature

Eclipse in Eatonville

Posted on August 21, 2017 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith Although I saw a very partial solar eclipse when I was a kid, I saw my first major solar eclipse today. I suppose for most people it was probably their first one, too. Here in Eatonville … Continue reading →

Posted in Eatonville News, Environment, Nature, Weather | 4 Comments

Public Health impacts stable as the smoke invasion enters its 2nd week

Posted on August 8, 2017 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith As our smoke-filled skies broached its second week, local health experts report that they haven’t seen any increase in respiratory distress. “Fortunately, we haven’t seen a uptick in 911 calls for breathing problems,” South Pierce Fire … Continue reading →

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Smoke fills our skies as the heat scorches everything else

Posted on August 4, 2017 by brucesmith49

Bruce A. Smith Heavy clouds of smoke descended upon the Eatonville area on Tuesday, August 1, accompanying a severe heat wave. Temperatures have been in the 90s throughout the week, but more distressingly the heavy, gritty smoke has walloped many … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Health, Nature, Politics, Weather | 4 Comments

Untidy Beaches – An update on the medical waste wash-ups along New York and New Jersey beaches

Posted on May 31, 2017 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith An Insider’s Story of the Medical Waste Wash-Ups in New York during the Summer of 1988 and Current Update In the summer of 1988, the beaches of New York and New Jersey were hit with wash-ups … Continue reading →

Posted in Back East, Environment, Nature, Politics, True Stories for Fake Times | 5 Comments

Azure Standard faces challenges in Oregon to its organic farming practices

Posted on May 19, 2017 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith Azure Standard, the world’s largest supplier of organic wheat and grains, has been accused of improper management of noxious weeds growing on some of its wheat fields located in Sherman County, Oregon. As a result, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Culture, Environment, Health, Nature, Politics, Science and Technology, Self Reliance, Spirituality | 12 Comments

Mount Rainier National Park receives record number of wilderness camping requests for 2017 – halts all further advanced reservations for full-circuit Wonderland Trail trips

Posted on April 5, 2017 by brucesmith49

Editor’s Note: Mount Rainier National Park has been flooded with requests for back-country camping requests via their advanced reservation program. As a result, the park has issued the following press release to the Mountain News-WA and other media: **************************************************************** Mount … Continue reading →

Posted in Mount Rainier, Nature | 3 Comments

On Becoming a Hunter – another selection from the “Campfire Tales – True Stories Not Everyone Believes”

Posted on March 7, 2017 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith Of all the things I did when I had a so-called mid-life crisis, the craziest according to my ex-wife was not leaving her, selling my business, nor relocating to Yelm, Washington to join Ramtha’s School of … Continue reading →

Posted in Campfire Tales, Environment, Folk tales and stories, Mount Rainier, Nature, Self Reliance, Weather | 8 Comments

Gottman and Beck Find a Bear in their Bed – from Campfire Tales: True Stories Not Everyone Believes

Posted on February 13, 2017 by brucesmith49

By Bruce A. Smith Gottman and Beck were two fourteen-year old guys that I traveled with on a cross-country Boy Scout trip in 1966. We journeyed to Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico from our homes on Long Island, … Continue reading →

Posted in Campfire Tales, Culture, Environment, Nature | 6 Comments

SNOW! – The Great Super Bowl Sunday Snow Storm, 2017

Posted on February 6, 2017 by brucesmith49

Bruce A. Smith We got dumped. There is 12-14 inches outside my little abode, but the amount varies as more snow plummets off of tree boughs, or the melting slush thwarts a bigger build-up. Regardless, I can’t even open my … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Weather | 4 Comments

Lessons I’ve learned as a beachcleaner

Posted on November 23, 2016 by brucesmith49

Editor’s Note:  The following is a chapter from the forthcoming book: Retreat from the Sea, which explores how mankind is currently dealing with sea level rise and examines options for the future. By Bruce A. Smith I was once a … Continue reading →

Posted in Back East, Business, Culture, Environment, Nature, Politics, Ramtha, Self Reliance, Spirituality, The New Physics, Yelm News | 11 Comments