Geo’s Manifesto Reduce consumption of fossil fuels as much as possible; drive e-car or no car (if possible); solar panels; rain harvest system; reduce lawn size (plant wildflowers instead, good for birds & bees). Eat vegetable-based protein diet; stop eating meat, uses 10X more water and soil than veggies per…
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The False God of Dow by George Chigas At the height of Cambodia’s economic and military power during the Angkor Period (ninth to fifteenth centuries), when a drought or disease threatened the kingdom’s prosperity and security, the ruler, believed to be semi-divine, a deva-raja or god-king, would summon his high…
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As we continue to build the “Literary Lowell+” section of this blog site, this addition is not a new name around Greater Lowell. George Chigas, Ph.D., is Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of World Languages & Cultures at UMass Lowell. George has been a contributor to this blog and…
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