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Wyoming Warming

Posted by Edith Cook on Monday, November 19, 2012, In : Reading Life 


I've been driving out there to feed the cows, for (unlike in the picture) there's no grass left whatsoever. The cows should be on my wheat field now, but the producer requested we delay for a month. He hopes against all hope that the wheat will grow a bit--but it's too cold at night now, although daytime temps are balmy.

We've had very little snow. Yesterday it rained--a first for mid-November! Still, it brought little moisture to the fields and pastures. All the farmers and ranchers are moani...
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The Future is Here

Posted by Edith Cook on Saturday, August 13, 2011, In : Reading Life 

 

To the newcomer, Wyoming is the location of a mindless if relentless “Drill, Baby, Drill”(gas and oil) and ”Dig, Baby, Dig” (coal). “Plans in works for 4,200 new gas wells in Wyoming,” proclaims an August 2011 newspaper headline. Yes, that’s four thousand two hundred deep-gas wells. The Nirobrara shale-oil exploration, the upstart from the previous year. is proceeding at a pace. Like deep-well gas extraction, it, too relies on hydraulic fracturing. “1.2 million gallons: App...


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About Me


Edith Cook Though I now live in Wyoming, I make frequent return trips to California with visits to travel club members along the way. At home I play classical guitar, enjoy gardening and cooking, and participate in group yoga. Getting together with family and friends is high on my agenda. I value people who write or make music and love it when my adult children and their offspring play their instruments, sing songs with me, or discuss what they read and write. Such gatherings help me cope with the losses in my life, which have been severe. Next year I hope to visit family in Germany.

 

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