Seeeee You...November

The ninth Roman month is about done

With a southwest wind & filtered sun

Snow flying above Mason-Dixon line

No snow here & with that, I'm fine

Leaves flying rather than flakes

Calm ground rather than shakes

Round the planet, lot on the move

Indo-Aussie plate back in the groove

China, Burma, Philippines & PNG

Around to New Zealand, rock slippery

England digging our from massive storm

Will be snow even on world getting warm

What it seems

Is more extremes

Bigger, wilder, longer, more

Is what Earth has in store

Hang On!

TrumpVirus deaths still all the rage

Not sure we'll ever turn that page

Moved past variants Mu, Nu & Xi

Omicron is now running free

ICU's still full & running hot

Where fools are fat & got no shot

Still think liar donnie won election

CSA, too, can't deal with rejection

Fat guts from pizza & booze

Hats should say, Born to Lose

🐕

BigBrownDog went on a roam

Short trip, now he's back home

Yesterday could barely stand

Today, release me, his demand

About done, w/ HolladayTune burning

Tis the season, keep burner turning

Didn't get out for planet show

Hopefully today big dog can go

Sun still spotty, another blast

But, hey, few mo' billion that'll last

As another year winds on down

Too many 'mericans in da ground

But, what happens, always your fault

Get a shot, stop TrumpVirus assault

If luck truly favors the prepared

To stay lucky, face, masked not bared

Get out and enjoy

Safely

Today On Earth

Last 3 tomatoes...

December: On & Off Earth

Cold & breezy with a gimpy dog

Finished the column, now it's a blog

6.3 quake off Japan but no wave

My guess, 1,000 more 'mericans

Into a grave..

December 21 - On & Off

Most of the leaves have fallen, the sun angle is low and with recent fronts coming through mostly dry and often overnight, passive solar heating season has fully arrived at my house. My south facing wall, mostly glass, allows the sun to shine deep into the house, quickly removing any early morning chill. Being retired makes it easier to sleep in, and wait for the house to warm.

As welcome as the free solar heat is, it is on a short cycle. December is the darkest month, our planet tipped as far from the warm glow of the sun as it gets each year. Early December has the earliest sunsets of the year; the 7th being the earliest, at 4:51pm (that’s in RVA, where all Virginia standards are measured from). It is not until New Year’s Eve that the sun sets after 5:00pm.

The latest sunrise occurs early in January(talk to me in person for that explanation). The Winter Solstice occurs late on December 21st and remains the day with the least sunlight, the longest night, kicking off three months of Winter.

Those early sunsets are well timed to watch the last month of the ongoing evening planet show. Jupiter, Saturn and Venus remain the bright “stars” lined up in the southwest after sunset. Venus, rapidly chasing Earth down in the race around the sun, will be almost too low to see by month’s end. Venus, now a waning, or shrinking, crescent in a small telescope, will catch Earth in early January spending much of 2022 as the Morning Star.

Earth easily wins the race with the other two planets changing our view of Jupiter and Saturn to the pre-dawn sky early next year. Watching the positions of all three planets change this month, with a little imagination, you can visualize our solar system as the 3D place it really is. 

A thin, waxing crescent moon is visible near Venus on the 6th, Saturn on the 7th and either side of Jupiter on the 8th and 9th. The Full, Long Night, Moon is on the 18th. Plan on using the bright waxing moon during the first half of the month to add a little extra outdoor walking time and enjoy the moon shadows.

Properly bundled up, getting out on Earth in December during the short daylight hours reveals landforms hidden much of the year. The twisting ridges and drainages of the Piedmont reappear as views, until recently blocked by leaves, open back up. Human activities have created minor changes but most of what we see is our old, weathered and eroded planet as it truly is at this point in Earth history.

Though the 7th is the earliest sunset, that day really still lives as “a day of infamy”. This year marking the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that pulled this country into WWII. Sadly, too many other days of horror and tragedy have been etched in our collective memories since then. 

As 2021 winds down, life far from pre-pandemic norms, let’s remember during this holiday season, when we speak of peace and joy, sharing and hope, that we mean it. Threats and violence will not solve the issues we all face; only through civil discussion and the shared reality we are all on the same, sustaining, but rapidly changing planet will humanity survive and thrive. Stay safe out there and Happy Holidays.

Randy Holladay

A Worthy SunDay; Peru, Shaky!!

A big, mag. 7.5 quake beneath Peru

Sent seismic waves racing through

The Andes, headwaters of the Amazon

My guess, there'll be many buildings gone

The Nazca Plate, losing subduction war

Beneath S. America has moved rather far

But, if closer to surface would've been worse

Still, live in mountains, deal w/ quake curse

SW Puerto Rico is back to the shakes

On La Palma, eruption taking no breaks

Airport closed, no planes getting in

Want to escape, seems you'll be boatin'

Few other quakes, Tonga & PNG

Across Pacific all along Chile'

Way down south, rain, up north snow

Here in VA, it's Sunday so, big sun show

Cool, warm, cool, warm, alternate days

Mid-Atlantic, that's November's ways

After Thanksgiving, few death reports

May seem a spike, a surge of sorts

Likely more headed into December

As more unvaxed fall, maybe yell..timber

Euro sun explorer made a close pass

To Earth, using gravity not gas

But, had to miss Putin's debris pile

Success, now sunward, big ole smile

Waning Crescent out, high over head

Missed planet check, music instead

Barring clouds, will check it tonight

Only month left to see that sight

Leaves mostly gone, long views back

But, also means, deer under attack

Sadly deer, much like tree rats

Far too many, same w/ feral cats

Around humans, vermin do quite well

Adapt, Migrate, Die; time will tell

Today On Earth

Silicon Dioxide xl

The ubiquitous..Quartz

Last Quarter Moon w/ Chill

Last quarter moon was way up high

Almost overhead in cold morning sky

Next week, a thinner crescent it slips

Before blocking sun, a solar eclipse

But, only if you're in Antarctica

For me, too cold & waaay too far

Seems a little above average for quakes

Biggest 5.4 so little damage any makes

W. Texass still with fracking blues

Big oil lighting eco-collapse fuse

Actually, been burning for a century

We know the issue, won't let oil be

Like we know American diet's unhealthy

But, still eat all beef & sugar we see

But, exercise! does mall shopping count

And, a scale, very few will mount

Actually, mall shopping, fewer even go

Can shop online, not even make a show

Here...

Squirrel menace, tearing things up

One less now, his end abrupt

BigBrownDog got a new treat

Buried, likes aged tree rat meat

Simple rules here, for critters to get by

Mess with garden or house, you die

Otherwise, happy to share the wood

Create no damage, all is good

But, tree rats keep chewing up lights

Now those little bitches, in my sights

Clouds..

Seem to be rolling in

To this point, still pretty thin

But, blocking the house warming sun

And, chance of rain, seems, still none

Less than 1/2" for November

Only two rain events since September

Deluge or drought, the new norm

On wild world getting warm

Stay safe, lot of dumbasses with guns

Shooting anything their dogs run

Today On Earth

Pileated Woodpecker

At work down low

Black Friday Shopping...NOT!!

The thought of entering a store today

Is beyond repulsive, ain't no way

The bedlam, grabbing, shoving, rage

Will show up later on the bad news page

I'm a little wary, just being on the road

Takes so little for 'merica to explode

And, since most all have a gun

That just makes it that much more fun

Earth's still spinning, another front thru

Today's memory'll be, the wind, it blew

Temps still mild but gonna fall

Tomorrow into the 40's is all

Burma quake hit at mag 6.2

Wacko country, what will that do?

Otherwise, not much shaking

Off Puerto Rico, minor quaking

Volcanoes, that's a rowdy scene

23 erupting or recently have been

Iceland seems mostly done

La Palma, seems a'ways to run

Kilauea still oozing basalt

3 in Aleutians will not halt

Indonesia still rules the list

But subduction seems to persist

Taal, White Island & Popo

And the eponymous one, Vulcano

In US, bellies stuffed, poop a'flying

That we're healthy, we'd be lying

Now millions out buy crap

Deeper into the big debt trap

Time to go, blog is done

Take a dog out in the sun

Stay safe & from malls away

Is my advice for

Today On Earth

Do Not Touch

Kill

Where nothing can ever touch it

It's balled up

But, a nasty, needle covered menace

Much To Be Thankful For..

With the family this Thanksgiving day

Earlier, a thought came my way

That what I am most thankful for..

Joe Biden's behind the White House door

Even though there's far to go in USA

Fat donny the douche has gone away

Well...not really away, tis true

But far enough not to make me blue

And, able to get together this year

Celebrate, so, another round of cheer

We could fix most issues, being nice

Instead of spreading bad advice

Hope your Thanksgiving is peaceful

Not spiteful, contentious or deceitful

Filled with food, drink, all pleasantly

With love spread far as could be

Earth still spinning, still don't care

Next week, return to being aware

But, today, thanks we give

That still, most of us live..

Stay safe, stay alive

But, go ahead, overeat

Today On Earth

Cheers!!

775K..No Longer Alive..On Thanksgiving Eve

Donnie the douche should be so proud

Up to 775,000 wrapped in black shroud

TrumpVirus still rampant, on the spread

Or get a shot, we could end it instead

I am now boosted, arm's a bit sore

But, I ain't afraid to walk out the door

Still in Louisa, when I am out

Lot of TDS*, so a mask, no doubt

High pressure rules, air cold & dense

To sink to 23, made perfect sense

That High will rule for another day

Before quickee front comes our way

November is feeling like deep into Fall

And, not like Global warming at all

But, that is not true, this is just weather

Issue is climate, hanging by a thin tether

If soon we see Antarctic land from space

Coastal cities will be newly flooded place

Quakes, above average, nothing too big

Iran & China doing the shaky jig

Rest are mostly around the Ring

Plates doing that subduction thing

Evening sky continues to dazzle

Get out & see, no matter the hassle

Venus coming, as Jupiter & Saturn go

Only another month to catch the show

Tirehouse warm from solar heat

But, time to go out, cold meet & greet

'Fore heading into the driving scene

Travel day, zero focus on "green"

Stay safe, be smart

Don't over eat, save your heart..

Today On Earth

Or..eat some KrispyKreme

Minis are back!

The only real doughnut!!

Boost Me, Baby

Living in a county full of TDS* idiots

Don't take long to sign up to get shots

Checked, got one set later today

Need to get it out of the way

Not exactly a toasty outside day

Boreas has chill set, leaves at play

Most of country deep in that chill

But, w/ High pressure, sun on the bill

Toasty in my house, so nice & warm

While outside, brown leaves on swarm

No big quakes, but Earth moving round

Most on sea floor, few on the ground

About 1,400 'mericans dying every day

With unvaxed TDS*, just won't do away

Waning gibbous moon lights late night

With no leaves, quite the ethereal sight

Sun not too wild, no big blasting spots

Auroras up north, no big solar wind shots

Scary times brewing, seems ok

To wander streets & blast away

We'll soon find out in GA

If 3 whites can blow black jogger away

Sure, it's fine with most Ga. whites

They don't get why blacks even have

RIGHTS...

Race war is not what we need

But, donny the douche planted the seed

TrumpVirus infection still on spread..

How many more will end up dead..

One bullet in his fat, slow brain

Would head us back toward sane..

Today On Earth

Southern end of Massanutten

Sandstone..

420 mya

November Like...

Cold & cloudy, the VA way

And not much sun, again today

Front is coming, bringing the cold

Big wind too, it is foretold

Not much shaking, last three days

Well, 3,000+ 'mericans, gone aways

Sun fairly quiet, auroras only far north

Low readership, ponder the worth..

Up in the Burg, good memories & fun

After a quick weekend run

Now back to reality

Time to get out and see

The mostly brown forest scene

Wander trails that are not clean

But, soon...just not

Today On Earth

Who's a good girl?

Maddy's a good girl!!

Eclipse & Cold; Both Get A Whoa!!

Alarm was shocking, air was cold

Sky clarity & beauty, as foretold

Copper penny moon, but for a sliver

Orion, Taurus, whoa, I didn't even shiver

Nearby, Aldebaran & The Pleiades

That's also Subaru in Japanese

Or the Seven Sisters, but any name

Sparkling star cluster, all the same

In binocs, 100 or more stars seen

Still, eclipsed moon was real sky scene

Another 1/2 cycle, moon blocks the sun

But, to Antarctica for that fun

🌧

Cloud concerns, but front shot thru

Barely any rain but..the wind blew

Still breezy today & cool

But, clouds gone, sunshine the rule

Fewer leaves fallin', many already down

Now, they're just swirlin' 'round

North wind piles 'em against my door

Every gust deposits a few more

And, gusts show no sign of stopping

But, into tirehouse, sun is dropping

Few leaves, more sunshine

Tirehouse is feeling fine!!

🌞

5 quakes at or above mag. 5

Big broken planet, still quite alive

Except for Turkey, quakes offshore

W. Texass frackers, we'll ignore

Real issue today, in the USA

Deep chill is here to stay

Well..that said, there will be change

On warming world, temps'll rearrange

Not much forecast, need some rain

Settled back to dry mode again

Not out west, more storms coming

After burns, means flooding, bumming

🔥

Heard some sad news yesterday

Everyone's fav, Rosita passed away

Always kind, always sweet

To hear about her kids, always neat

Now Food Lion, never quite the same

Without Rosa for the checkout game

Add another 1,200+ TrumpVirus dead

'Mericans refusing to move ahead

Can't get a phone out our your hand

Of your life, someone else in command

Jesus, Allah, Suckerberg, Trump

Take your cash, play you for a chump

😏

Glad I got up to see the eclipse

But, now time for first of daily trips

BigBrownDog is back & ready

Bracing air will be quite heady

iPhone pic, not too clear

But, Subaru does appear:)

Sparkles in upper right

Thru leaves, so bright

Bundle up & get out

Delights about, no doubt

Today On Earth

Eclipse Vs. Cold Front...

Getting up in the middle of the night

For Lunar eclipse, to catch the sight

Will depend on rain/cloud timing

Or as usual, we'll get the sliming

Full Beaver Moon near apogee

Gives more time for eclipse to see

Been 681 years since eclipse this great

Another 548, you'll have to wait

At apogee, moon moving little slow

So, across the shadow it just won't go

Not complete, 3% will remain in light

Which will actually look pretty tight

Starts about 2:20, peaks about 4

By 5:47, it's out the shadow's door

If we can even see it...

Want to travel, then you can see

17 volcanoes blasting free

Kilauea, Taal & Stromboli

Still La Palma, Aleutians w/ 3

Kamchatka, PNG, Indonesia, Japan

Still subduction, same Earth plan

4.0 quake SE Missouri

Old rift zone, Mississippi valley

Ring always shaky, 6.2 off PNG

Just another 5.4 adjustment quakey

Another 1,600+ dead 'mericans

Wouldn't include shot in their plans

So, they won't be on falsebook today

TrumpVirus is real, still raging away

Here it's leaves filling the air

On the ground, they're everywhere

But, what a day we have underway

Time to get out for walk today

Seeeeeeeya

TDS*..wouldn't wanna be ya

Today On Earth

Samantha Fish

Girl can play!!!

67 Revolutions...

🎂

Wrapping up 67 trips around the sun

As usual, working towards more fun

Weather is looking to cooperate

Temps today, headed toward GREAT

Warm front slid through overnight

Warm November, always alright

KrispyKreme minis, OMFG

8 seconds in reactor, Weeeeee

Leaf colors fading, falling, too

Sight lines, much farther through

But, warm up, 2 days, way too quick

Then rain, eclipse viewing..sick

🌑

Usual story in cloudy ole Va

Cool sky show, clouds in way

Other local news, just felt tiny quake??

Not sure, will check for USGS take

(Nothing on list...so far)

Around the world, normal-ish day

Hawaiian lava seems at play

Round the Ring, boundary zones

Heat below, moving Earth's outer bones

Out, almost into space

Douche Bag Putin, more disgrace

Blew up a satellite, notice me!!

Now in orbits, even more debris

But, w/o satellites how will his trolls

Continue their hack & extort roles

Weather extremes, seems more everyday

Reality check, hot Earth going to play

Rough

For humans, tough!!

Still religious nuts, breed & breed

Then seems another handout they need

Still, allah & jesus offer no aid

Still, pope looking to get paid

Unvaxed 'mericans still dying

Maybe shot they should be trying

Almost 50 million US cases

465,000 dead faces

Another 1,414 just yesterday

And, in Floriduuuh, just 1 they say

LOFL!!

Report says, 1/2 of cases, long version

To end it, too late, total dispersion

TrumpVirus locked in, it's here to stay

So, more unvaxed TDS*, gonna pay

Ultimate price

Don't sound nice

Or not

Just get a shot

Just a little ponder....

Time to stop this & wander

Today On Earth!

🎂

Arti is excited about today!!!

What a good girl!!

*TDS -TrumpDickSucker

There's million that would..

Suck, suck, suck, suck

Fasting...Less Than Fun

It looks so nice & sunny outside

But, from the wind, no where to hide

Listening to my stomach growl

Only broth, please, noodles I howl

But, alas, there'll be none for me

For today, nothing solid will I see

Cuz tomorrow, they're probing me

Then, quickly back to eating free

Around the world, still got quakes

S. Iran w/ more shifts & shakes

Souther Indian ridge shifting, too

That's likely magma coming thru

Also, coming thru, little solar wind

But, only in Arctic will auroras bend

TrumpVirus reports, no too many

But, death coming, no vax, unskinny

That's where 'merica's at

Millions obese, million just fat

W/ our health "care", it's where we be

Plus, it's not about care, just money

Time to go, get big dog out

Soon stomach growl, I have no doubt

Today On Earth

Might check sky tonight

Show continues...

So does Fall mushroom show

The Big Chill..down...

After a week of Indian Summer

Fall is back, w/ clouds, a bummer

It will continue as we tilt away

In annual game the Earth does play

Big ole quakes, 6.0 & 6.3, southern Iran

Hope not a nuke plant gone wrong

I'm sure they'll plead to allah, help please

But, as usual, no help, not even a tease

Otherwise, Scotia plate & near Taiwan

Plus mid-Atlantic ridge, Earth movin' on

Sun got spots but they are mostly calm

So just light dusting of solar wind balm

Ecliptic show, again an arcing eye delight

Moon, Jupiter, Saturn, Venus all in sight

Cloudy here, hints of sun through a haze

To the NW, having snow days

TDS* still denying

So, guess what, still dying

Giving up on watching Sunday news

Tonight going to listen to rockin' blues

An extra layer needed today

If going out for work or for play

Bright colors fading, getting more brown

And, with each gust, more heading down

Fall, November

Today On Earth

How about some ethereal lighting

*TDS - TrumpDickSucker

But...you knew that..

The Ides Of November; Beware Hunters

Dogs a'running, gunners wait in trucks

Roadside hunting, 'merican dumbphucks

Shoot at most anything, ask what later

Like non-resident neighbor, deer baiter

Cuts out the filets, leaves the rest

Tag & register!! Laws, what a pest

Trespass, harass, threaten, kill

Obese manly idiots, needin' purple pill

Today, wandering forest has a new edge

But, now, clearcut, my protection wedge

Earth don't care, leaves tumble down

Amazing, so quickly, cover the ground

Right now a leaf blizzard underway

Hundreds of leaves looking to play

Deeper into November we slide

Earth casting sunlight aside

Last 5 days in RVA, 70 degrees

In Glasgow, still big oil they appease

BlahBlahBlahBlahBlahBlah

While temps go HighHighHigh

Still dumping plastic in ocean

Air a CO2 heat saving potion

Fresh water full of our drugs

Streets full of sperm donor's thugs

Elected officials on industry payroll

Of our privacy, we've no control

On liars lie, morons believe

So much slime, plan only to deceive

Earth, another plan, right in our face

React to our mess, but just might erase

NW Australia w/ 5.3 quake

Atlantic ridge, same lava break

Otherwise, nothing too wild

Sun still spotty, blasts still mild

Moon, planet show, in the twilight

Watch them move, an eye delight

Moon orbits, Jupiter, Saturn we pull away

Venus rapidly coming our way

Every clear night, have a look see

Might visualize solar system in 3D

Time to get into the leaf storm

An Ides of November norm...

Today On Earth

That's a Calcite xl..

Texass almost caught Cali for dead

In your chair Greg, but all on your head

TDS* still dropping like flies

No vax, soon say your goodbyes

More from douche up in Green Bay

Man bun, should have been give away

Too bad he didn't get sick

But, now we know, what a prick!!

*TDS - TrumpDickSucker

Rain..Done; Wind..Leaves On The Run

 0.15" of rain & it's done

Now, few clouds, more sun

Trees, less color, more brown

And, lots more are crashing down

Feeling more like Spring than Fall

Warming reality, hitting us all

Quakes, a few no big issues

Maybe Haiti, at 4.6 w/ no fissure

Idaho, also, little shaky today

Turkey, Greece, Iran little sway

And, Indonesia, no shocker there

Subduction zone, Earth will not spare

Snow in the Great Lakes, here rain

Up there, the season, for the ice pain

TrumpVirus death, many no report

Still Red states, the new death resort

Moon & Jupiter, last night what a treat

Cloudy here but peeks still very sweet

Sun, still spotty but no big CME's

So near the poles, auroras they sees

Gotta go, another test

Hard to believe, still got this pest

Same issue, same mess from don the douche

Screwed the world, screwed the pooch

Now 760,000 dead

That is 'nough said

Today On Earth

Two days ago

Moon & jet spreading TrumpVirus

Veteran's Day

Something about the lighting today

Is causing birds to fly window way

And, bang, they crash

In to my wall of glass

Large brown dog on high alert

He just loves a feathered dessert

All the clouds ahead of the front

Border to border, storms on the hunt

We'll likely get rain, up north snow

Somewhere, twisty winds will blow

For VA, overnight is the forecast

Only in the darkness will it last

Then November reality will return

No sunscreen needed, ain't gonna burn

Jackets, perhaps gloves, yes, a hat

Is where we will again be at

November 11, Veteran's Day

Never one to join in that fray

Go to 'Nam, won't no way

Seems always the young that pay

What if no one would ever sign up

End of war, would be abrupt?

Old guys that start wars won't go

Rake in cash, sit back run the show

Poor boys & now girls, off to the fight

Exxon, Lockheed smile in delight

Sadly, since ain't no money in peace

Very unlikely warring will cease

Talking in hard, compromise, too

So, waving guns, is what we do

🔫 vs. 🌋

Still 20 volcanoes blasting away

Plates collide, shift, shake & sway

Temps are a'rising, oceans full of trash

But, bombs & guns bring in the cash

Sea levels rise, flood a coastal street

Millions wander with nothing to eat

Too many billions, too little fun

And, way too many carry a gun

Don't need to listen, never will hear

Just wave the gun, bring on the fear

With that gun, think you're in charge

Ignore Earth rules, that loom large

Refuse to Adapt, now many Migrate

Starvation the reality they await

Don't have kids you can't feed

For your excess, we have no need

Ignorance & hollow superstition

(why isn't allah helping....?)

Got humans in tough position

Here forest leaves are a'glow

For a walk, I need to go

In Glasgow, boomers spew crap

Seem good letting young take the rap

In reality, most are aware

That Earth does not care

But, losing cash, rich will not bear

Another reality, life ain't fair

Every day: Adapt, Migrate or Die

Only rules you gotta buy

Today On Earth

 

And, that ain't no bull