Good Intentions, But Not Paved
The wild rhododendrons are blooming now. I thought it would be cool to find a [...]
It’s My Party And I’ll Cry If I Want To
The Democratic nomination process is either over, or it's not, or it never will be, [...]
A Cat-Shaped Bag
The older my thoughts get, the more free rein I give them. I figure they've [...]
Orlando
Someone drops a boulder in a lake, and the water rises at once into a [...]
Hot Off The Press
June 4th. It's over a hundred degrees in Portland bless-my-liberal-heart Oregon. It's unprecedented, since Calendars. [...]
From Loogey To Fuzzball
Dave the nuthatch finally quit coming back to the nest box, finally quit beeping from [...]
The Edge Of Flight: Part 2
When we last left the Nuthatch Family, a scrub jay has flown off to a [...]
The Edge Of Flight
I haven't gotten as much writing done lately as I'd like, because I had to [...]
Twenty-Five Pounds Of Oats To The Good
The other day I realized that the 25-pound bag of oats that I bought for [...]
The Dufus Invasion
We're not either of us real good birders, but we do pay attention, and that's [...]
The Physics Of Murr
So, I skinned my elbow up pretty good, there. On the surface it's pretty easy [...]
101 Semipalmations
Last year's Birdathon Day dawned auspiciously sunny and we hit the Willamette Valley hard, ready [...]
Jammin’ In The Hood
I'm walking outside, and there, on top of my topiary salamander, is a tiny plant [...]
The Well-Blown Mind
So in the last post, I mentioned the conundrum presented to me by the neighbor [...]
You Make Your Own Electroluck
You hear it said that there is no sound in a vacuum, but that is [...]