The Boy and the Ball
One of the grandsons had a sixth birthday party. Not one of your birthday parties with twenty-four children, a magician and a hired caterer. Nope. Just family and the neighbors. […]
One of the grandsons had a sixth birthday party. Not one of your birthday parties with twenty-four children, a magician and a hired caterer. Nope. Just family and the neighbors. […]
Rogues? Well, not really. If you look at a map for worldwide temperature variations, with “false color” reds and blues showing relatively hotter and relatively colder areas, most of the […]
I went off-Island a few days ago. In three weeks our ferry rates will go up by about a third, so it was a good time to go “Away” to […]
This post muses on a few small places seen from on high. To fly over the earth. What an opportunity! For so many, flying is such a tedious chore that […]
How many different insects are there? A lot. How many different insects? No one seems to agree, but the worldwide number ranges from 800,000 to 1,000,000 or more. How many […]
From below, a leaf’s sharp serrations silhouette against sky. There’s a young palm tree at the edge of the road. Its leaves, pleated and serrated, rustle in breezes. The palm […]
One of the laurel trees in the front yard was getting old, and it was time to cut it down. The tree was too tall to just fell with a […]
Dawn. Dawn is a good time to start on the walk to the next town, as it gets hot quickly when you’re nine degrees from the equator. Just on the […]
I sure do love to poke around. Wouldn’t you want to go through this door and see what’s what? That’s an interesting window. What’s in there? There’s a door… Let’s […]
A few days ago the ‘pile had a B&W toucan post. Toucans are wonderfully shaped, and look great in black and white, but toucans and kin are fantastically colored critters. […]