Get your geology on!  This one’s all about regrets, so you might want to practice your delivery of the word “D’oh!” before you head over.

This: Cascades from Skykomish River, near Gold Bar This is why I love the word subduction.  Every time I’m reading about the geology of a region, when I come across that word, I get a tingle down ye olde spine.  Because I know we’re in for it.  I know the landscape’s going to be exciting.  …

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So I post the Accretionary Wedge #34, pack up the tents and roll the carnival out of town, and what happens?  People who should’ve been part of the show turn up.  Seems we’ll have to roll back in, then, because these acts shouldn’t be missed! Image Credit Due to Twitter not notifying me of a …

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It seems to me that there would be no such science as geology if dear old planet Earth wasn’t really damned weird. Image Credit: Chris Rowan People had been running into seashells on mountaintops for years.  Seashells.  On mountaintops.  “That’s weird,” they said, and eventually, some clever types not content with “Funny old world, innit?” …

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It’s Weird Geology month here for the Accretionary Wedge.  Geology might not be quite as weird as quantum physics, but it’s got its moments. There’s a great many weird things to choose from, but I’ll tell you what warps my mind: seeing things we normally think of as temporary preserved forever in stone. Ripples in …

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Okay, well, it has been for days now, and I’m only just getting to announcing it.  But just in case you hadn’t heard, Accretionary Wedge #33: Geology and the Built Environment: Past, Present, Future is up at Geological Musings in the Taconic Mountains.  Excellent stuff.  Get over there and get your geo build on!

You’ve got until the 17th, people.  Get your geologic feng shui on!  And if you haven’t got any, host John van Hoesen has kindly agreed you can daydream away.  So build yourself that geologic dream house. How much fun is that, am I right?

John Van Hoesen of Geologic Musings in the Taconic Mountains asks a good question for this month’s Accretionary Wedge: “How much or what kind of ‘geology, have you incorporated into you home / living space?” If I had my druthers, this house o’ mine would be slathered in stone.  Floors, counters, patio, all stone, of …

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Line up and watch the floats go by at Ann’s Musings on Geology and Other Things.  You don’t want to miss it!  Mardis Gras and geology – what could be better?