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Sabrina Biehl
Born a 10th generation Oregonian, (5 generations on each side) I have an enthusiasm for learning and teaching new things. After a ten year mini career in the dental field I moved on to research and embraced the social web. Though the internet is far too large for any one person to claim to be an expert, I can hold my own with the latest trends.
I enjoy researching and writing blogs. As the "Internet Program Director" for myMotherLode.com since 2008, I update the website and have a wide variety of interests. There is always something entertaining, educational or inspirational to share.
5/12/22
The $400 Governor Newsome is planning to send to every Californian won’t last very long when each gallon of gas we buy carries $1.27 in taxes, soon to be $1.30 as of July 1. The question is, “Why are electric vehicle owners also getting this rebate when they don’t buy gas, so don’t pay the tax while driving on the same roads?”5/11/22
South African writer and political activist Nadine Gordimer once noted that “The truth isn’t always beautiful, but the hunger for it is.”5/10/22
Despite constantly bragging about their trillion-dollar Infrastructure Bill, the Biden administration is now threatening any such improvements by restoring stricter environmental standards for approving new construction projects, including requiring consideration of how such projects might affect climate change. This could even impede construction of new transmission lines needed to connect clean-energy projects like wind-turbine farms to the power grid and pipelines to natural-gas export terminals thus satisfying global energy demand. Like many of Biden’s off-the-prompter comments, it makes no sense.5/9/22
According to Indian writer Ahmitav Ghosh, “The true tragedy of a routinely spent life is that its wastefulness does not become apparent ‘til it is too late.”The Magic Is Gone: Why Seeds Don’t Sprout
Julie Silva, UCCE Master Gardener