Playing Fetch With Yourself . . . If You’re a Dog
2020-01-06 – This is a picture of my dog Rebe trying to carry a stick that is larger than she is. Rebe is a rescue dog, so we don’t know […]
Tag Archives: Nature
May You Live to Be 120—But No Older
2018-01-29 – The billionaires now want to live forever. And some of them are apparently spending their fortunes to make it happen. I get where they are coming from, particularly […]
Total Solar Eclipse
2017-08-21 – wOw That’s my invented emoticon for today’s eclipse. The w’s symbolize the suns corona. The O is the shadow of the moon darkening the sun. wOw We saw […]
I Need a Break
2017-08-17 (18) – I need a break. So I’m taking one. Tomorrow will be my last day in the “office.” Saturday, we are leaving the house and animals under the […]
Multiple Images of a Solar Eclipse
2017-08-07 – It was probably 1994. I don’t know that for sure, but when I look for partial solar eclipses in the Chicago area, May 10, 1994. I was working […]
Spring Has Reluctantly Arrived
2017-04-17 – Spring has reluctantly arrived and it wants you to know that it’s arrival is not a political statement. Spring does not approve of the Trump administration in Washington […]
I Am Missing the First Soul-Killing Freeze of the Season
2016-12-15 – I’m in North Carolina and I am missing the first soul-killing freeze of the season. The weather is not such a treat here. We had weather like this […]
By the Dawn’s Early Light
2016-09-22 – It’s fall. And, no, I can no longer see by the dawn’s early light. I don’t sleep well, so I’m usually up before my alarm goes off. Last […]
Dawning of the Anthropocene Epoch
2016-08-29 – Scientists have now declared a new geological epoch, starting around 1950, called the Anthropocene. The defining characteristic of our period in geologic history is the influence of human […]
If You Look for Rainbows, You’ll See Rainbows (But You May Get Wet)
2016-08-22 – People I know are surprised to see a rainbow. I see them pretty often. And they are rarely a surprise—because I look for them. I saw one early […]
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