Monthly Archives: January 2021

Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers; —June by James Russell Lowell I love seeing plants that … Continue reading →

Commenting on yesterday’s post, tammy and Nick said they didn’t understand how otters could eat spiny sea urchins. Apparently the otters have no trouble at all. I don’t like the music on this video (I mute the sound} but it … Continue reading →

January 9, 2021

January 8, 2021

This old saying has been going through my head a lot lately: For every problem under the sun, There is a solution or there is none If there is one, try to find it, If there is none, never mind … Continue reading →

January 6, 2021

This vanity plate doesn’t work by itself. But it makes a lot of sense when the pup is in the car. January 5, 2021

I accidentally published a post I was working on. Sorry about the confusion.

Last August I used this illustration: I talked about the gazillion emails I had in my inbox and said I was going to try to delete more emails every day than the number that came in. If it happened, it … Continue reading →

Happiness, knowledge, not in another place but this place, not for another hour but this hour. —Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass I worked in a factory during summer vacations when I was in college. It was hot and noisy, and … Continue reading →