Changing Tides
Welcome to Bruce Rettig’s blog, Changing Tides. This blog focuses on topics related to the natural world, the creative process, and general musings. It focuses a keen eye on environmental and social issues and examines how the human spirit might, or might not, correct current trends. Many of the observations are colored by experiences from the road. The author posts once a month, and all comments submitted to this blog are welcome, including challenging or opposing views. Please visit with an open mind—there are many different viewpoints but we all share the same home.
Someone to Ride Shotgun
Long, solo road trips not only offer the opportunity to enjoy new landscapes and people along the way—they also provide ample time to explore uncharted territory within one’s own head. It’s self-reflection “quality time” and a chance to allow thoughts to...
When it All Goes Up in Flames
Emotional and Financial Impacts of the "New Norm" WE HAD SOLD the family home, and twenty acres it sat on, shortly after our parents passed away. My mother and father had bought the land and built their dream home after years of working and living in the San...
How I Never Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
My early fascination for nuclear proliferation began after watching Stanley Kubrick’s classic cold war film, “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.” Although the movie appeared in theaters in 1964, I watched it for the first time on our...
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