The Right Story

I'm stuck. I started to write this note and didn't have a story. Let me see...

Our rooftop solar averages almost $300 income per month. Last month, 47 cents. Now that the snow is off the roof, we're going to make electricity. True story.

We got up an hour earlier this morning in honour of daylight saving time. That's a true story.

The hibiscus we brought indoors last autumn responded to lengthening days by blooming for the first time this year. That's a true story.

After being indoors for months, we walked most of the way around the park today on bare pavement under a blue, windy sky, with meltwater gurgling down the storm drains. That's a true story.

I've started dreaming garden dreams again. Last night I dreamed that I had grown a big zucchini and was deciding what to do with it. I didn't dream recipe dreams: zucchini muffins, zucchini relish, zucchini linguini. That would make a credible story, but not my story. I dream gadgets. I dreamed a plug-in electric zucchini. I woke up before I dreamed a use for a plug-in electric zucchini. That's a mostly true story.

Now that I'm awake, I have a use for plug-in electric zucchini. It's a story to get this note started.

This note is about finding the right story. 

If the story is that you are the good guys and they are not, then you get to drop bombs on them.

If the story is that the attack is illegal according to international law, but the attacker is a demented narcissist who will take offense and turn on you if you criticize him, then you have to be careful what you say.

If the story is that renewable energy sources create too much waste, then we continue creating many times more waste doing business as usual.

If the story is that climate change is a hoax, then we rush to collapse by burning even more fossil carbon.

Below I have listed some articles and videos I saw this week illustrating how we have got the story wrong. We need the right story, even better than a plug-in electric zucchini. Read at leisure, in any order.

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Every Problem Is A Story Problem: Joe Boyd, Called For Adventure

Why Did Carney Support the War on Iran: the Paikin Podcast, March 2, 2026

Bombing Iran: John Rolston Saul, Towards Equilibrium

Letters From an American: Heather Cox Richardson, March 8, 2026

Politics: James Hansen, Climate Uncensored

I Went to Space and Discovered an Enormous Lie: Ron Garan, 2022

Runaway Climate, The Point of No Return: James Hanson, Climate Uncensored

The Primary Energy Fallacy Laid to Rest: Just Have A Think video, March 1, 2026

Sunlight Travels 93 Million Miles To Reach The Earth: Bill McKibben, The Crucial Years

The Truth About Collapse Acceptance: Adrian Lambert, A Grand Unified Theory of Doom

Civilization and The Human Maladaptation Syndrome: William E. Rees, StandsToReeson

Rapid Warming Explained: Just Have a Think, March 8, 2026