I was born in Aotearoa the year CO₂ atmospheric concentrations reached
320.96ppm, up from the around 280ppm that had been in balance for thousands of
years. CO₂ has now reached 417.31ppm¹, time is running out.
M. and I live in a 100m² house on a ¼ acre section in a small rural town south
of Ōtautahi. M. works on an organic vegetable farm and I do several hours of
harvesting there each morning, though most of my time is my own and I have
plenty to do.
A number of creatures found a home here when one was needed. When M. bought the
house in 2011 it came with several cockatiels in an outdoor aviary and goldfish
in an outdoor pond. There's an ever changing population of guppies in an
aquarium, Toots and Terry the red-eared terrapins, Peaches, the adult cat, and
the year old kittens, Lloyd and Fern. Most recently came Ed, a black
labrador/German short haired pointer, who was rescued by Dogwatch, December
2021.
I'm anxious about the climate crisis, mass extinction, and the extremism of the political right.
Global temperature change: Ed Hawkins (University of Reading) ShowYourStripes
I have a software project that I maintain and keep on working on. I have
briefly described it on this site and more information on BoxesApp website.
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