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Sep 16
5 min

Oh, God!

As to all this marching, protesting and burning parts of our cities down, it’s only polarizing everybody so nobody can hear what the other o

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Managing our forests and grasslands can no longer be the sole responsibility of Smokey Bear

Jack Varian

Aug 29
4 min

Managing our forests and grasslands can no longer be the sole responsibility of Smokey Bear

Smokey Bear said “only you can prevent Forest Fires” so we followed his lead by adding ever greater numbers of people, material and equipmen

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Jack Varian

Jul 27
2 min

Don’t forget we need to keep on living

Folks we’ve got to get our civility and sense of humor back so that we might make better decisions about how we lead our daily lives.

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Today can be my “Freedom Day”, it’s my choice

Jack Varian

Jul 10
2 min

Today can be my “Freedom Day”, it’s my choice

Happy 4th of July, the day we honor our countries inception, we honor our right to choose and recognize there’s still nothing new under t...

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Jack Varian

May 4
3 min

The political side of the coronavirus

When the history books are written only then will we know for sure

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Jack Varian

Apr 15
3 min

Look who's back in style

I once knew an old cattleman who’s belt was made from a piece of old rope and his belt buckle was made by tying a square knot.

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Jack Varian

Mar 10
2 min

I’m coming out of the closet

I have before me a copy of The Stockman Grass Farmer, a newspaper that’s priority is grass first and livestock to follow.

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Jack Varian

Feb 25
4 min

My algorithm for a satisfied mind

I was sitting in the chair of pain, waiting for my dentist to arrive to give me my options for repairing a worn out tooth implant.

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Jack Varian

Feb 18
3 min

Jack who are you?

Good question. I know that I was born on September 7 1935, in the San Luis Obispo County General Hospital, in the State of California.

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Preventative medicine for the soil and the soul

Jack Varian

Feb 11
4 min

Preventative medicine for the soil and the soul

Are you willing to put that donut down?

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Jack Varian

Feb 3
2 min

A gift of 12 rules

I was just reading the latest edition of Stockman's Journal and article about the work ethic that our millennials of today carry with them.

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Jack Varian

Jan 21
3 min

I just deleted myself

I was just finishing entering words into my iPad to end a quite lengthy blog about the importance of food to eat, water to drink...

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Jack Varian

Dec 3, 2019
6 min

Fighting Danger with Danger

Fear wears many faces.

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Jack Varian

Nov 29, 2019
2 min

Highest and Best Use

It starts in our towns and cities as inflation, demand for more houses and commercial development, all place an upward pressure on land cost

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Has my extended warranty expired for a “do over”?

Jack Varian

Nov 8, 2019
2 min

Has my extended warranty expired for a “do over”?

I hope not. For I’ve just left the admissions office at Cuesta College. Where I register for the fall semester taking a course in Politic...

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Jack Varian

Nov 3, 2019
5 min

The Age of the Anthropocene

Living in the Human Age. My iPad says I spelled Anthropocene incorrectly. It doesn’t seem possible that a word I just read about is ahead o

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Jack Varian

Sep 24, 2019
4 min

I'm Looking for Preposterous

What if a fart and a burp are found to be the culprits that are causing global change?

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Jack Varian

Sep 3, 2019
3 min

The Honey Bee is here to stay

Well I’m going to rain on the parade of Doom and Gloom and tell you about a very healthy community that lives on our V6 ranch.

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Jack Varian

Aug 10, 2019
6 min

I Sell Sunlight

You what?! You heard me, I sell sunlight. It’s taken me 83 years to discover what I have in abundance that I can turn into Solar Dollars ...

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Jack Varian

Jul 28, 2019
2 min

Sometimes the right thing is hard to do

That age has brought the word “can’t” into my vocabulary. Well it may be there, but that doesn’t mean I have to use it.

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Oh, God!

Managing our forests and grasslands can no longer be the sole responsibility of Smokey Bear

Don’t forget we need to keep on living

Today can be my “Freedom Day”, it’s my choice

The political side of the coronavirus

Look who's back in style

I’m coming out of the closet

My algorithm for a satisfied mind

Jack who are you?

Preventative medicine for the soil and the soul

A gift of 12 rules

I just deleted myself

Fighting Danger with Danger

Highest and Best Use

Has my extended warranty expired for a “do over”?

The Age of the Anthropocene

I'm Looking for Preposterous

The Honey Bee is here to stay

I Sell Sunlight

Sometimes the right thing is hard to do