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World Rivers Day 2022
Tomorrow, Sun, 9/25, is World Rivers Day which is a day of celebration and recognition for the world's rivers (the image used is my fav swimming hole on a river here in Oregon). Water is 70%+ of the earth's surface and of that, ~96.5% is the oc…
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World Water Day 2022
Today, March 22, 2022, is World Water Day. While this year's theme is Groundwater - Making the Invisible Visible, before we drill in on that let's step back and take a look at how much water is on earth and what shape does it take.Roughly 71% o…
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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…
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Happy Holidays 2019!
Just a quick note to wish everyone happy holidays and more beach time in 2020 time given the health benefits. Yeah, because of the health benefits. >;^ ) And while visiting the beach let's remember to keep our beaches clean so no litte…
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A Brief History of Baja Hoodies / Jerga Hoodies
As baja hoodies / jerga hoodies are one of the more popular items we sell at BeachNecessities.com, we thought doing a deeper dive on their origins might be of interest to people. If you grew up on the left coast, particularly California, baja ho…