Sauron, Mordor & the White Wizard
My bad for not posting regularly, a temporary excuse was my relocation from Oregon to New Hampshire in the spring, but I should have jumped back in the late spring. Well that's going to change going forward and here's the first one after the recent P…
The (New) Blue Economy
The Blue Economy has long history, dating back to at least 6000 BC when humans are believed to have begun whaling in Korea so we're talking 8000+ years. For most of us though, we equate the Blue Economy with the Viking Age from 800 to 1050 AD w…
The Blue Economy
Over the last few years, we keep hearing about the Blue Economy so thought it made sense to unpack this a bit to bring more clarity to the concept. The Blue Economy is not new as humans have been profiting from the ocean, lakes, rivers and stre…
Giving Thanks
Four years ago yesterday I landed in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, as I was visiting my 50th state to watch my alma mater, UMass Amherst, play Hawaii in football on Thanksgiving Day. Great game even though UMass lost and the closest we have…
Beautiful Day
To quote U2, "It's a Beautiful Day" today! As I would hope most people are now familiar with, earlier today it was announced that Joe Biden was elected as the 46th US President. This bodes well for the ocean as under the current administr…