So you all want a story? ok. I will tell one maybe two. David and I were young then. And we were tentmates. This trip forced us to go without certain items for a period of days. We had to carry what we ate, so we did not shop for junk food or munchies. We all had huge packs that we carried our tents...

It's hard to choose favourites, but of all the sweet-smelling flowers of spring I think jinchoge (sweet daphne) is the best, with its lovely fragrance that is strong enough to make you stop in your tracks, without being cloying. We have bushes of jinchoge at our apartment's front entrance an...

Several years ago, a friend of mine gave me a book for my birthday called Thought Contagion. I had not heard of the book or its subject matter, the science of memetics, but I was fascinated by what I read. Author Aaron Lynch explained, concisely and convincingly, how some of the most significant bel...

Author: Fiona Bayrock (on JOMB) Illustrator: Carolyn Conahan (on JOMB) Published: 2009 Charlesbridge (on JOMB) ISBN: 1570916705 Chapters.ca Amazon.com Quick! What’s used for communication, transportation, self defence, sound-dampening, warmth, entertainment and hatching and doesn’t cost ...

... but we take risks here. OK: Be warned that this video lulls you into a pleasing little zone of coffee house mellowness, and then you get Rick Rolled, and then there's a sudden outburst of Chris Crocker set to mellow jazz guitar, and then it ends with the Power Ranger's theme. If you can not be o...

Image: Google After 3 Times It's Officially a Trend, Right? Good thing that the EPA is getting more serious about keeping an eye on coal ash, because it sure doesn't seem like the current system is working. Just in the past few months we reported two big spills: 2.6 Million Cubic Yards of Toxic Coal...

I don't get it. Why are people surprised that we have mendacious morons in government? Obama apparently said, in response to the idea that heÂ’s trying to do too much at once.: President Roosevelt didnÂ’t have the luxury of choosing between ending a depression and fighting a war. President Kennedy d...

  Naturallycurly.com just e-mailed me to let me know about "Man Week."  A weeklong celebration of men rocking their natural curls ... I am all about it!  Y'all need to head on over there: http://www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/men/its-man-week.  Enjoy!...

First signs of spring in Phoenix. This native bush started out as an 8 inch green ball in a 6″ nursery pot, many years ago … Nikon D70. Click image for larger file....

Liliana Marie was born at 3:50 PM on Sunday, March 8th after about 13 hours of labor and 1 hour of pushing. The super-abbreviated birth story: I labored at home until noon when all I could think about was getting into a giant tub of warm water, went to the hospital, got checked and was already at 8 ...