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“This little book will look at and answer some questions about whether nature (or human nature) is winning or really benefitting from all this technology…”
The nature vs. technology debate has existed for decades and takes many nuanced forms. In this book, Mathews uses broad strokes with technology, including cars, guns, phones, fossil fuels, plastics, and AI. Nature is focused both on the health of the earth and oceans as well as on the animals and humans inhabiting the earth. Through a collection of fifteen chapters, Mathews discusses some of the good and the bad, which are byproducts of both technology and the natural world. Some of her discussions involve cyber-bullying and school shootings, plastics in the ocean and the dangers to the coral reef, forever chemicals, meditation, and climate change brought on by industry and burning fuels. She has included a wide variety of resources to support her findings.
Mathews’ concise book will give readers a vast overview of many topics surfacing in this ongoing dialogue…
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Photo of our xmas tree right before it is to be taken down.
New Year’s Greetings!!!! And we will soon be into my birthday month (March)!
And if I could figure out how to make a bigger headline, well, then I would! (I am not great at this DIVI/Elegant Themes program.) Anyhoo, Happy New Year and hope most of us all have come up with a fun New Year’s resolution (not my always DULL one, like losing weight and selling books). I “would” like to see Badlands National Park this year, maybe visit where I grew up (Farmingdale, New York). I haven’t been back to where I grew up in, like, 20 years! I think it’d also be neat to walk the Brooklyn Bridge, which I NEVER did when I lived on the island. I haven’t been to Fire Island since I was a kid and there were “Beatniks” gathering there.
And somehow, I managed to get a WHOPPER of a head cold! It really stinks when it is 25 degrees out and you have phlegm running down the back of your throat in the house and you really WANT to be outside, walking, exercising, doing something other than watching “Netflix” or old Elvis movies because your oldest son sent a BUNCH for xmas! But I am basically “over” the head cold (and now my filling in the back of my mouth has fallen out. And the phone battery is low in output. It’s always something, right?)
I am also putting up information on my blog about Black History Month and a few African Americans I have researched.
Of course, with this lousy weather it is also a good time to curl up with a good book. In a grab bag my book club from the local library gave me a book by Judge Judy, and “Corelli’s Mandolin” and “I Love you to Bit and Pieces,” both of which were made into movies. So, should I see the movies first, or not? What do you all think? (More below.)
This is me with newest book, Nature vs. Technology — who’s Winning?
And I sold three books at that event!
The book I have finished, “Nature vs. Technology — Who’s Winning?”, actually addresses what is going on with this unexpected weather (a climate change event). But it also addresses such things as kids on too much technology (so called smartphones and their computers), how to survive in the wilderness, should we explore space and have flying cars (?), and more. An interesting read for only 70 informative pages. (See an excerpt at https://booklocker.com/books/13621)
If still interested, the “Let’s Run OUR Schools Together” book is still available at this direct link (14.00): https://booklocker.com/books/13191.html
Get some info from a regarded source and hope you will STAY SAFE AND HAPPY IN JANUARY AND BEYOND.
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D. J. Mathews is an author of 3 books and working on a 4th. She is also a freelance writer, blogger, product reviewer, and proud mother. She taught English and writing for several years at Radford University. She is a Master Naturalist. See her humorous rants at https://medium.com/@djmathews or buy her a digital coffee for her writing at https://ko-fi.com/dj50772
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Black History Month — Some Great American Women
Black History for Some Great American Women By D.J. Mathews For many years, every February in America has been designated Black History Month. African Americans make up 14.4 percent (according to the Pew Research Center) of today’s population, and...
Interesting Things in the “Nature Vs. Technology” book
(This is the wondrous Milky Way, which our solar system is a part of, somewhere in the middle of this universe, though I am told there are 1000s more like this out there!) Interesting Things about "Nature vs. Technology" book by D. J. Mathews As noted...
Health in Winter/ Sand Cats and You
Health in Wintertime, Sand Cats, and You by. D. J. Mathews It's winter, with snow on the ground and your body possibly finding out "the hard way" that you can catch a head cold, which this writer did. Head colds are not something you plan on, but are likely to happen...
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Extensively, I will provide ideas and examples on managing money better, paying for an education, dealing with doctors, and good ideas or deals when it comes to travel. I will also consider science, as it relates to my book “Great American Women in Science and Environment.” Science and the future can be both a good or bad thing, depending on your consumer choices and outlook. And writers can always use tips on how and where to make money. I will do regular blogs on these issues, seeking always to inform in an entertaining manner.
