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When Panther Hollow Lake overflowed on 20 Aug duckweed floated with it, 21 Aug 2026 (photo by Kate St. John) 23 August 2026 On Thursday 20 August, in 45 minutes from 8:10 and 8:55am, it rained 1.55″ at the Allegheny County Airport. For...
Bardas Loredan, no longer fencer-at-law, attempts to make a living as a bowyer. Unfortunately, both his relatives, the Bank, and the Foundation are about to thoroughly stymie him. I didn’t find this quite as engaging as Colours in the...
i try to find you nearly everywhere i go i go to hear music and hope to find you there knowing you'd experience the music in all it's fullness maybe crying as you often do taken by the emotions i go and see the sky and stars and think...
I’ve been holding off in writing about what’s happening with me IRL because there are a lot of things up in the air. I’m currently writing this part of the post the day before a deciding factor of my possible future employment is made. I...
One of the common questions that comes up about druidry is whether or not you can call yourself a “druid” and when. I get this question quite frequently, especially from folks who are new and are finding their way into nature...
Taken just today on my phone. I'm mostly surprised that it's a reasonably decent close-up as my phone doesn't have a macro mode and is normally pants for this sort of thing. I think it's a common darter, but any correction is welcome.
From my deodorant history, in my 8/19 posting “Two favorite movies”: I cut the dosage, found less aggressive deodorants, discovered that sandalwood suits my body chemistry. Most important, I stopped pumping out pheromones like a stag in...
This interview was originally broadcast in December 2021 on The Blue Hour on CiTR 101.9 FM at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Rashid Sumaila is a University Killam Professor and Canada Research Chair in...
These are some things I’ve wandered across on the web this week. 🔖 Diskwright Diskwright makes a complete, verified copy of the hard drive inside a 25–40 year old computer — no expertise required, and nothing on the old drive is ever...
August 19, 2026Quiet. A thin blanket of fog. Not so thick that I’d get wet, but just enough to dampen the sound. It’s cool for August, in the 60s, and even without a breeze it feels pleasant.Part of the large class of 2026 crows around...
What's been happeningIt was a slow start to the week - both Jo and I had taken the Monday and Tuesday off. Jo had worked a couple of weekends and had a day off in lieu, while I had planned to take the Tuesday off as I had electricians...
It's that time again for my weekly update, which includes a short collection of noteworthy finds, posts that inspire, as well as a few reflections from the past week or two. I'll aim to land these in your inbox by the weekend, in time to...
Recently, I have been obsessing over the blush swatches of Risa Bae’s kbeauty brand called TWO SLASH FOUR. It all started when I saw a swatch of Berry Crush on IG. I saved it and after I began to see more swatches of their other blushes...
A reporter for The New York Times, Streitfeld often writes about technology. This article appeared August 18, 2016. Social media is bad for children. That was the blunt verdict in a recent spate of high-tech court cases in California,...
Their UK visas were all of five hours old when Sonya’s husband, Alexei, looked up from the computer and announced they would never escape Russia. “Come on,” she said. “Ticket prices can’t be that bad.” By now, Sonya was inured to...