Author kdeeny

Levittown Solar

I’ve seen a lot of solar panels sprouting on Levittown roofs lately. It caused me to wonder if in the not-too-distant future, we will be seeing a lot more sunlight reflecting off rooftops which would give a whole new perspective… Continue Reading →

Levittown – Lost and Found

Several years ago, I collected information about Levittown housing in an effort to study energy use for the 1950s era construction and to consider methods to improve efficiency and comfort in the homes we live in. The initial results of… Continue Reading →

Levittown and Climate Change

Sometimes I’m afraid to say this out loud for fear of jinxing it, but we live in an area of the country that is a sweet spot when it comes to severe weather and geological events. To be clear, we’ve… Continue Reading →

A Small Life – Revisited

[Listen to the audio version by using the player below.] This began with a comment from my sister, who said she was thankful for her small life. I’ve written about this before, but the concept has lingered in my thoughts…. Continue Reading →

How We Voted – 2020

We are a people with different concepts of where we are now and where we would like to be in the future. The election process in 2016 was, in my opinion, extremely divisive and in 2020 become even more so…. Continue Reading →

The Mosquito Truck

There are a lot of people of a certain age (like me) who remember the mosquito truck that would navigate through neighborhoods spraying a chemical fog. When we were kids in the ‘50s and ‘60s, whenever the mosquito man came… Continue Reading →

Gerrymandering

Our registration as voters should only include the affiliation ‘Citizen’.

Dust Dreams

The adventure is now, will always be now, and life will always be unfinished.

Perspective

Sense of self comes not from the body I inhabit, but from my life experience and how I interpret it.

A Small Life

Leading a small life, a good life, can create ripples that pass beyond the horizon.

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