Heads up to those who follow this blog: I am upgrading to a self-hosted website at quakeandquiver.com. All my old posts and media will be available there, and I will be setting this site to automatically redirect to the new address in the next week or so. I’m migrating subscriptions to this blog over to … Continue reading New Site: Quake and Quiver

Heads up to those who follow this blog: I am upgrading to a self-hosted website at quakeandquiver.com. All my old posts and media will be available there, and I will be setting this site to automatically redirect to the new address in the next week or so. I’m migrating subscriptions to this blog over to … Continue reading New Site: Quake and Quiver

“It is generally accepted among environmental geographers that there is no such thing as a natural disaster. In every phase and aspect of a disaster – causes, vulnerability, preparedness, results and response, and reconstruction – the contours of disaster and the difference between who lives and who dies is to a greater or lesser extent … Continue reading...

“It is generally accepted among environmental geographers that there is no such thing as a natural disaster. In every phase and aspect of a disaster – causes, vulnerability, preparedness, results and response, and reconstruction – the contours of disaster and the difference between who lives and who dies is to a greater or lesser extent … Continue reading...

In Book I, Part V of Les Miserables, we are reintroduced to Valjean as Mssr. Madeleine, who, in between committing a series of agricultural good deeds, pauses to spend a near full page amiably lecturing the local farmers about the beneficial uses of nettles, with a less amiable aside on the failings of society. As … Continue reading Nettled

In Book I, Part V of Les Miserables, we are reintroduced to Valjean as Mssr. Madeleine, who, in between committing a series of agricultural good deeds, pauses to spend a near full page amiably lecturing the local farmers about the beneficial uses of nettles, with a less amiable aside on the failings of society. As … Continue reading Nettled