Category Archives: John Wackman blog

Bring Your Beloved But Broken Item to the Repair Cafe

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

The 1st Repair Cafe for New Paltz is coming right up! When: Saturday, May 18th from 10AM to 3PM Where: The New Paltz United Methodist Church on Main Street (corner of Grove, just up from the Bus Station). What: Repair … Continue reading →

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Come on Down to the Climate Rally

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

SUNDAY Feb 17, 2013  5:30AM      Three buses get on the NY State Thruway. Two from the “catchment area” of New Paltz, Poughkeepsie and surrounding towns, and another from SUNY-New Paltz.  3 of 130 buses from 28 states converging … Continue reading →

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A sense of repurpose

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

The ReUse Center in New Paltz is up the hill from the Recycling Center.  It’s a steel frame building built by the Town as a “store” for stuff that oughta be useful to SOMEBODY! I expected to find an eclectic … Continue reading →

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Wolf comes to the Hudson Highlands

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

I have been in transition, moving from the shoreline of Connecticut to the Hudson Highlands. (I am more Mountain than Sea: I know this about myself). In November I got invited to a workshop at the incredible Mohonk Mountain House … Continue reading →

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Fruit is Fast Food

Posted on June 1, 2012 by

There is something startlingly                                                                         … Continue reading →

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Hyper-Miler-Zen-Driver

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

This week I accomplished something rare in my world:  I made the light at the intersection of Routes 77 and 80. Big deal, huh?  Let me explain.  I play a driving game called hyper-miling:  you maximize your car’s gas mileage … Continue reading →

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Here and Now

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

March 31st, and we may see a little snow here in southern New England, to go with the flowers now in full bloom in Olmsted Outlook, tended by the intrepid Olmsted Irregulars. I’ve just received word via email blast that … Continue reading →

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Two Paragraphs that Kick Ass

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

Thomas Friedman’s column in yesterday’s Sunday New York Times was one of those that pressed play and made me want to pump my fist.  Maybe like my friends who went to a Van Halen concert this weekend. Here are two … Continue reading →

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Dumb & Dumber

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

My friend Linda is a wealth of aphorisms and wisdom gleaned from the women in her family–her mother and her aunts.  I keep a list of phrases passed down through the family tree. “It’s better to rust out than to … Continue reading →

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How does this make sense #1?

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

Below is the brilliant illustration in the new post at SalmonGuy.org.                                      His caption reads: “Madness, hypocrisy, shameful.” It’s the kind of picture that illuminates the illogic of one piece of the world’s vast energy puzzle.  The subject is the proposed … Continue reading →

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