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July 19, 2026 - It is increasingly undeniable that climate change is accelerating and guiding the future of planet Earth to a destiny moment that is defined by each person's programming for closure.

Last week, the US experienced record-breaking temperatures with a heat index of 108° here in NYC on Wednesday. Along with that came Canadian wildfire smoke that lasted for days keeping residence blanketed in unhealthy air and forcing them to stay indoors.

Friday and Saturday brought severe thunderstorms leaving disaster in their wake. Read my blog. At last today - the final day of the 2026 FIFA World Cup - the sun came out and the temperatures were in the comfortable low 80s. It was a day to finally go out, take a walk, experience nature, and to simply breathe.

To know me is to know that I love trees and nature, so when a friend and I decided to take a walk through the park today, this redwood tree spoke to us.

Redwood trees symbolically represent longevity, resilience, ancient wisdom, and the deep interconnectedness of community. Standing as some of the tallest and oldest living organisms on Earth, these giants are powerful icons of endurance and natural majesty.

I've always been drawn to the gazebo in the park across the street - merging the elements of air (the Verrazano Bridge) - water (the Atlantic Ocean) - Fire (the Sun) - and the Earth upon which it stands proudly through climate events and other factors that might have destroyed it. At one point my friend George and I hung a clear quartz crystal from the center to bring good energy to the park and those who might wander in there.

Gazebos symbolically represent shelter, romance, community connection, and a peaceful boundary between human comfort and wild nature. These open-sided garden structures have been used across cultures for centuries to provide a safe place for observation and relaxation. Because they feature open sides with a solid roof, they represent the perfect middle ground between the safety of home and the beauty of the outdoors.

The massive 5.32 acre park across the street from my home is lined with lamp posts that light up mystical walkways best viewed from my terrace above at night. When it snows - or they light up the huge Christmas Tree in the park - it becomes even more enchanting.

Lamp posts symbolically represent guidance, hope, intellectual light, and a bridge between darkness and safety. They appear frequently in literature, art, and urban mythology as beacons that pierce the unknown or mark transitions between different realms.

Thursday July 18, 2026

Presently millions of people across the northern United States are moving through a hazy, uncomfortable blur of oppressive heat, stifling humidity, and thick smoke drifting south from Canadian wildfires. Just this week, New York City's heat index soared to a blistering 108°F, marking yet another intense heat wave gripping the Northeast.

The wildfire smoke has become an exhausting added burden. Even on days when the haze isn't visually obvious, billions of tiny, invisible microscopic particles (PM2.5) are suspended in the air slipping deep into your lungs and bloodstream, easily irritating your eyes, nose, and throat, triggering coughing fits, and making it tough to breathe.

It is a particularly dangerous environment for children, older adults, and anyone managing asthma, allergies, or chronic respiratory conditions.

Outdoor exercise has been replaced with indoor workouts, daily errands are meticulously planned around the coolest hours of the morning, and even a simple routine like walking the dog requires extra caution and shorter routes.

Because of this brutal combination, most of us are rewriting our summer plans. Instead of enjoying breezy summer walks, backyard barbecues, or afternoons at the beach, we are choosing to stay indoors where the air is cooler and cleaner.

I experienced this firsthand yesterday. I had planned to visit a friend on the North Shore of Long Island, but after checking the heat and air quality indexes, we decided to postpone.

Instead of the great outdoors - many people who embrace the energies of summer - are spending their time in air-conditioned spaces. (Be sure AC filters are clean)

If you are currently living under domes of heat and/or wildfire smoke - please prioritize your health. If you absolutely must be outside for a prolonged period, consider wearing a high-quality, well-fitted mask like an N95 or KN95. How wildfire smoke harms the body, and how to protect yourself

The most dangerous pollutants are the ones you can't see.

This takes me to ... the most dangerous events shaping our reality are also invisible to the people of planet Earth because they are the ones you also cannot see until their collective consequences manifest.

Wildfire smoke drastically disrupts and alters flight patterns for birds. Because they possess an incredibly efficient respiratory system to power flight, they inhale far more air - and therefore significantly more toxic particulate matter - than mammals. This high vulnerability forces them to change how, when, and where they fly.

I hadn't seen nor smelled anything like this since 9/11. The sun appeared orange then totally disappeared in a puff of smoke. Is that a hint as what's to come?

By Saturday, Canadian wildfire smoke combined with severe thunderstorms featuring 170 mile an hour winds, tornadoes in areas that don't normally experience them, flash flooding, and huge bolts of lightning carving holes in the dense smoke.

What came to mind was Zeus reminding humanity of end times - perhaps because the Christopher Nolan's film The Odyssey premiered in the United States on Friday. It's the story of one man's 10 year journey to find his way home - his adventures, and the real and mythical characters he meets along the way.

In many US states, particularly Texas, flash flooding continues to accelerate - reminding me of biblical end-time flood stories which allegedly washed away a chapter in Earth's history (the end of that insert in the simulation) to create anew. All flood stories follow the same algorithm - but with different characters. Perhaps that's why people sometimes say, "History repeats itself".

Tornadoes always take me to the spirals of consciousness - wherein souls spiral down into physical form to experience adventures in third dimension the home of emotions. At the end of the journey all gets swept up in the spiraling illusion of time - first as small events then culminating in one final massive event that sweeps everything up in its wake.

My daughter Tracy in Arizona reported a week of monsoons which brought relentless rain, lightning, and dust storms - offering some relief to areas affected by active wildfires.

The bottom line is ... there is no escaping the whirlwind of events that is facing Earth as the simulation comes to a close. Climate change and natural disasters speak to us by way of accelerating extinction level events that by now most people know cannot be ignored.

Every soul can put the pieces of the puzzle together and drawn their own conclusions based on their programming for closure. I realize that most people know we're at the end of something set against emotional programming in its many facets that keep them caught up in the daily quagmires of their experiences.