Author: honeyrand
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Endlings: the last of their species
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#Endlings are the last of their kind. We hear about their sad stories but National Geographic wonders whether our fascination with them can be enough to nudge us toward better #conservation. Think the last passenger pigeon, Martha, who died in 1914 or Sudan, the last male northern white #rhinoceros who…
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Wild Things Make My Heart Sing
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#Rewilding your yard I’m working on a story about a friend who is trying to bring back native savannas on his 5K farm in the Cumberland Plateau, TN. When I saw this story about six steps to rewilding your yard, had to see how I stack up with my Florida-native,…
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What are you concerned about?
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I try to keep it light, but the world is in a perilous state, I fear. In the background I worry that SoCom is in Tampa and it’s an obvious target. I worry that there are so many people, smart people, for who Trump makes sense. I don’t understand it.…
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Just hit refresh
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Sometimes you just gotta hit refresh. Like my author photo, which also needs a refresh, my website, my author website need updating and rearranging. Here’s a link to the result. Whatcha think? #HoneyRand #Website #Refresh https://honeyrand.com
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Why I don’t eat calamari any more
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So, someone’s kid was fascinated by octopuses. His parents finally caved and got him one within weeks, though they had 50 of them. Apparently, just as they were getting the hang of caring for the critters, there were more critters. He was, apparently, a SHE. Terrance was a Terri! Apparently,…
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e-panhandling? Is this a thing?
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I recently visited Washington, DC, to see some of the national museums. So I walked. A lot. A couple of thoughts. The smell of weed permeates the streets. Lots of traffic. There were, of course, some street people and some crazies, but the standout for me was a guy on…
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Tell it to the hand.
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This weekend I made a run to Whole Foods. I have a thing for their Tzatziki and it’s a lot closer than a drive to Tarpon Springs. Plus, hummus. ANYWAY, at self-check-out, there was something new. As I was ready to pay a small monitor gave me the “opportunity” to…
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Adopting infrastructure for electric cars
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AI may leave us a little uncertain and concerned. The same is true of Elon Musk’s neurolink. But some #technology is driving the #future. Late last year, crews installed what’s billed as the nation’s first #wireless-charging public #roadway for electric vehicles beneath a street just west of downtown @Detroit. Isn’t…
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Death and Stickers
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When Jim died, and I was transferring all the insurance to my name, I got sticker shock. Three cars. A dual-engine Tesla, a Mercedes AMG convertible and a Subaru Outback. Talking to the insurance guy, I said, “I don’t drive my car 9000 miles a year; I can’t possibly do…