S is for SAVE OUR PLANET #EarthDay #AtoZChallenge



S is for Save our Planet

 

Many people believe Planet Earth is indestructible. Earth may be shatterproof, if that is their idea of indestructible; or staunch, solid, and steadfast.

 

What I advocate for Earth Day is that everyone treat the planet as they do their own special private corner of the world, whether a bedroom, den, office, or a park bench under an old oak tree.

 

Pick up after yourself

Use what you need but don’t waste

Recycle

And buy a few eBooks in place of print books to help save a tree

 

Yes, trees are planted regularly to replace those cut down for making more houses and tables and school books and dressers and other necessities of the planet. The deforestation that caused the Great Peshtigo Firestorm of 1871 (more hellacious than the concurrent Chicago fire - Chicago just had better SEO to garner more attention at the time) is a thing of the past.

 

Are we small creatures capable of melting Greenland? 

Could fracking cause devastating earthquakes?

or

Will our Sun become a red planet and cause Earth to disintegrate? 

Wherever the truth lies for us in the next few billion years, we can choose to find ways to help keep our world intact and beautiful for now. For us. For our children and grandchildren. For future generations.
 

Today is Earth Day. 

To encourage the reading of non-pulp fiction,

I am offering my eBook, DEADLY AS NATURE,

FREE

 

 

Pepper Bibeau Mystery series Book #2 DEADLY AS NATURE Envy Spawns Grief

 

 

R is for ROOT BEER FLOATS AND SUNDAES #AtoZChallenge,

 

For this year's challenge, my theme is The Fun in Writing. Each of my 26 posts for April is aimed at
illustrating fun parts of an author's day. A writer doesn't only write.
Creating a story or an essay requires research, revision, editing, and lots and lots of coffee and chocolate.

R is for Root Beer Floats and Sundaes 

 

 

 

My early childhood is best remembered as drives through the countryside on Sunday afternoons, with stops to visit relatives along the way. This was followed by a trip to the Custard Stand, on the east side of town, for root beer floats or ice cream sundaes. I’m talking real pop (that’s Wisconsin-speak for soda) and honest-to-goodness real dairy-fresh ice cream.

 

The visits often included a stop to see an aunt's three solid acres of gladiolas, which she planted in a wild array of colors. As I stared at those long-stemmed flowers, my young mind didn’t understand how she must have taken great pleasure in planting each gladiola bulb in spring, then watched the green leaves sprout and rejoiced with the eventual budding of the perfect petals. If that was the case, her joy would have matched my own juvenile excitement at the first taste of a root beer float or chocolate-topped sundae. 

 

 

Yes, Ithaca, New York . . . Two Rivers, Wisconsin is the birthplace of the original ice cream sundae! 

 

Which food or other non-guilty pleasure did you enjoy, sparingly, in your youth?
 

Link to site that shares the history of Root Beer:

http://whoonew.com/2013/07/root-beers-made-in-wisconsin/