Monthly Archives: August 2016

Apparently people around here caught the Pokémon Go bug for a while. I vaguely know what it is, but haven’t looked into it. I have read articles saying how great it is because it gets people out walking and exploring. … Continue reading →

The star closest to the sun hosts a planet that may be very much like Earth, a new study reports. —Found! Potentially Earth-Like Planet at Proxima Centauri Is Closest Ever It’s 4.22 light-years away, so it’s unlikely it will be … Continue reading →

Andy and I both have a vivid picture of a telephone pole we saw over 50 years ago. It was riddled with holes, each one neatly filled with an acorn. We felt sorry for the squirrel that we thought had … Continue reading →

Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called trigger warnings, we do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial, and we do not condone the creation of intellectual ‘safe spaces’ where individuals can … Continue reading →

Something strange is happening at America’s colleges and universities. A movement is arising, undirected and driven largely by students, to scrub campuses clean of words, ideas, and subjects that might cause discomfort or give offense. Last December, Jeannie Suk wrote … Continue reading →

August 26, 2016  

Do you remember the five-foot-high fence that Andy built around the Limber pine to prevent the deer and elk from destroying more of the bark?   It wasn’t high enough.     It reminds me of this comic.     … Continue reading →

The bare patch is where Andy planted the tomatoes. They didn’t do well, but we did get a lovely crop of weeds. August 24, 2016  

Are you pestered by telemarketers? They phone us both day and evening, so we almost never answer the phone directly. We let our answering machine screen our calls, and mostly the company calling doesn’t even bother to leave a message. … Continue reading →

These pictures are from Tempi’s post about her first week with Kaitlin, Torben, and Sammy. They were originally told that she was about a year old, which would have meant she was nearly full grown. But looking at those long … Continue reading →