It’s what’s in the very best wine
Some of the best wine, according to the vintners who sell it, is made from [...]
Sperm whales and ancient seamen
So the other day I found myself unable to get anything else done until I [...]
Loose flips sink ships
Evidently killer whales have been sinking yachts off the coast of Spain since 2020, and [...]
Moths and other imponderables
There are questions for which we have no answer. All around us we have evidence [...]
Diddling the dog
July 9, 2024. It is the morning of what will be the hottest day of [...]
Would you like sumo garlic?
Well, if you’re in the neighborhood, come on over here and rub my head for [...]
An underground movement
I might have garlic. It’s embarrassing to admit it, after I spent an entire blog [...]
I’m one of Them
On the face of it, there’s nothing too surprising about an assassination attempt at former [...]
A cheap cat
If you want to, you may spend over thirty bucks per pound for dog food. [...]
Kiss-Me-Under-the-Bleachers
The leaves were curling up on what I had assumed was a perfectly sound plant. [...]
Birds rolling off the assembly line
We’ve just closed out June, and there’s lots of drama in the garden. The stakes [...]
No bones about it
The x-ray was discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Röntgen, by accident, which is cool. It’s [...]
R.I.P.: Rabbit In Plastic
Recently I wrote about the unfortunate demise of a small bunny in my garden. I’m [...]
The rabbit nabber
Crow with sandwich In retrospect, there were always clues. But I, as a [...]
Losing your head
On Beethoven’s third birthday in 1773, demonstrators irrelevantly threw an entire ship’s cargo of tea [...]