Pete Groothuis
Husband, Father, Sports Economist, Environmental Economist, Hiker, Detroit Sports Fan.
- Spring in Boone NC
- Western Michigan leads in the NCAA hockey championship game 4 to 2
- Grandfather mountain in the fog
- Snow on the mountain.
- Welcome to March. Today it is “one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.". Dickens.
- The littlest snowman
- Blue Ridge dreaming
- Christmas tree farm
- The mountains are calling and I must go.
- Under the Blue ridge parkway. One of Patti’s favorite trails.
- I'm back. I'm home. All the time, it was... We finally really did it. Planet of the Apes
- America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here. johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
- Vonnegut states a granfalloon is a proud and meaningless association of human beings including any nation, anytime, anywhere.
- Google has no backbone. They change the name of the Gulf of Mexico then turn of the comments so people can’t hurt their feelings.
- The WNBA needs a rival league. Salaries in the WNBA are way too low.
- Mountains should be climbed with as little effort as possible and without desire. The reality of your own nature should determine the speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become winded, slow down. You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion.
- Then, when you’re no longer thinking ahead, each footstep isn’t just a means to an end but a unique event in itself. This leaf has jagged edges. This rock looks loose. From this place the snow is less visible, even though closer. These are things you should notice anyway.
- To live only for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here’s where things grow. Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
- Miller owns this field, Locke that, and Manning the woodland beyond. But none of them owns the landscape. There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts, that is, the poet. This is the best part of these men's farms.
- This is the best part of these men's farms, yet to this their warranty-deeds give no title. Emerson
- A touch of Spring from last year
- WTF. Trade war with Canada? Canada? And Mexico too? What do a tell my Principle students without saying Trump is dumb as a box of rocks and mean as a rattle snake?
- Made me laugh on a Friday.
- Just hanging out
- Sunset over Lake Michigan last summer.
- I’ve been calling MAGA brain, although it actually predates Trump. I’d define it as the belief that effective governance comes from being harsh and unfeeling, putting aside namby-pamby, dare I say woke, concerns about stuff like protecting the environment or respecting civil liberties.—Krugman
- Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind. —Kurt Vonnegut
- Detroit rising.
- Go lions go.
- Health insurance adds no value.
- Reposted by Pete GroothuisPeople seem to just say stuff on social media without a willingness or ability to provide explanation.
