USM (university of Southern Maine, Portland) and the plastic factory, or the "kill the whales" campaign

05/12/2019

Last week, in the course of one hour, I collected over 25 straws and the same number of plastic coffee cups and lids at the University of Southern Maine, Portland, campus, from only 3 garbage bins...

I'd say the majority, if I haven't sat down and done the math, were from Dunkin Donuts.

I've decided to take those straws, lids, and cups, to create a "dress" or a "robe" and properly label it as fashion from USM and USM students

After all, they gave me the raw materials.

Most notably, most of the straws lids and cups were put in "non-recyclable" bins, rather than "recyclable" bins.

I don't see there is any student on the USM campus monitoring where the trash gets put.

Whale killers? I think so.

White Culture versus Black Culture

White Black Brown Tan ....

For all those "white" folks out there thinking they're going to lose their "culture", my one question is "What culture"?

South culture
West side NYC culture
NJ culture
NH woods culture?
Maine woods or sea culture?

What is "white" culture?

Not one of you could define any "white" culture, as the blackest person in America could not define "black" culture.

It's a fantasy.  You are a "slave" to your fantasies.

Get over it.

Your genes will get healthier the more you diversify, and get over your fears.

EM Burke
03/06/2019

It's Our Wits That Make Us Wo/Men

It's our wits that make us "wo/man", Movie Braveheart

I know that the spades..are the swords of a soldier
the clubs are the weapons of war
That's not the shape of my heart..

I have come to think there is an argument for "colonization", because a bigger stronger country could bring a smaller "drug terrorized" country back into some order. I have my own country's interests' in heart, initially, but frankly I am horrified by what is happening in these smaller countries, who are overcome by drug lords and inept central government.

If these areas are "colonized" again, they would come under the government of a country that is fundamentally ruled "by law", even as we've seen that law undercut by the current President of the United States.

This "president" will be out in 4 more years, by law, and there is still our long-standing judicial and constitutional process in everlasting process

It would be in these countries' best interests to be "colonized" because their governance is incapacitated by low income, failing farming, etc, so it has become overcome by "drug warriors".

I entirely understand why the drug companies have come into existence. I will give them the credence they actually do deserve. They are "companies", even while most call them "drug lords" or other disparaging terms.

They are "companies" of family and etc, and they have come into existence to preserve their lives and families, against the forces of others.

They actually have more power over us than the other drug companies in the United States of America, because their drugs are killing us, every day.

By coming under "colonization", they'd start to get the same rights and protections that most USAers  feel they have by "right" when they wake up in the morning. Those rights do not come without risks or forfeitures. Yes, you do have to pay property taxes, plus water and etc. fees.

Yes, most decent Americans do want to learn Spanish, French, and then, also of course Latin and Greek.  Ya gavorite pa ruskie. Je parle un peu de Francais. No hablo Espanol Please forgive.


Best regards, Elizabeth Morrill Burke
Portland, Maine

Plastics, and the Princess Eugenia

I've decided, along with Princess Eugenia, that plastics are the scourge of the Earth, and of Sea and of Life.

Princess Eugenia is actually a rather ordinary person, who happens to have, via her "birth" some special attention, so I'm just joining her band wagon.

We can go back to using glass cups, etc... so long as we espouse a less "I need it now" economy.

We actually do not need it "now".... we can get along fine so long as we prepare.

Best regards, Elizabeth M. Burke, Portland, Maine

Singing Sands Beach, Long Island: New Ownership

Dear Old and New Friends: I sold my share of Singing Sands to my brother Andrew Lewis Burke. The Island property is now owned by my older brother John Oakes Burke and my younger brother Andrew Lewis Burke. Andrew manages the finances, while John manages the yearly/daily management, so far as I can tell.

Please contact him at: andlewb62@gmail.com

Just some new photos of the cabin, property, etc: Enjoy

I am concerned about the amount of plastic (whether bottles, ties for lobster outfits, or even plasticized bait bags) that end up on the beach. I am MORE concerned about the number of plastic summer chairs that end up in the island dump. You cannot repair a plastic summer chair. You can repair a wooden chair. I urge all islanders to STOP buying plastic chairs. Best, EM Burke

Obituary: L. Morrill Burke, February 12, 2013, and what he did at Singing Sands, Long Island, ME

Some pictures of what my father built at Singing Sands Beach and also his property behind the beach.

This is the earliest known photograph of the cabin my father built at Singing Sands Beach, Shark Cove, Long Island, ME. The white door to the leftish of the image still remains. The cabin has been extensively changed over the years. The original "army" barracks windows my father put into the window openings years ago rotted and new windows have been installed. The area to the left of the white door was significantly expanded around 1986, and the wood cook stove I grew up with has been removed and replaced with a gas stove.

The beach, as it has always been, if without the flocks of the Piping Plover. I suspect that when the small red fox hit the island, they made it impossible for the Piping Plover to successfully breed in the dunes; the foxes, who often dig dens in the dunes, would have raided the ground nests.