Saturday Shot: 27 Oct

Features a series of shots from this morning’s fabulous secondhand typewriter find.

When it comes to nature, what language are we speaking?

Spring seems as though it’s halfway here, but it can’t make up its mind. The daffodils are starting to sprout, as is the garlic. The geese are coming back – though I can’t imagine they were that far away, given the numbers that congregate on local farmers’ fields. I’ve heard a few marsh birds calling…

Wednesday on the Web: 28 Jun Edition

Well this year’s solstice definitely ushered in summer. From a cool and damp spring we jumped to a dry, hot summer – seemingly overnight. It was hard to adjust to 33°C at first, but now 25°C seems cold. Here’s what I’ve been reading and thinking about this week. Wildfire on the Great Plains While we…

Paying Attention in a Distracted World: On Walking, Kayaking, and Science

This past week I’ve changed my dog-walking route. Instead of walking up the street, down the forest trail, and finishing the loop on a (pedestrian-unfriendly) section of road, I walk up the street, down the forest trail, turn around and head back the way I came. In The World Beyond Your Head: Becoming an Individual…

Life Without Filters (or: Perhaps I’m Just a Luddite)

Last week I was at dog training with one of our flat-coated retrievers when the instructor asked if I had a photo of our German shepherd that she could show her friend. It took me a minute to realize what she was really asking: did I have a phone? Why no, no I don’t. More…