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  • 3 Open Tabs

    Some interesting links for the end of June in the Year of Our Lord 2026! In these days of political splits, a lighthearted political orientation quiz does the trick! I took it – its was moderately accurate at best – many of the questions are too broad to answer accurately. Still, an interesting diversion. In…

  • Early 4th

    An early family 4th of July celebration ended with the proverbial bang!

  • A Year – Haiku of the Day

    For everyone on their life altering journeys – a haiku on this beautiful Sunday afternoon. A year since near death…Scars visible – fighting onto ascend each day

  • Anthony Bourdain

    Happy Bourdain Day to those who celebrate. Bourdain would have been 70 today. I dearly loved watching his TV shows – since his death I’ve only watched them sparingly as they give me a feeling of utter sadness. I have quite a few of his books. I haven’t read them except to skim a bit…

  • 3 Open Tabs

    Three interesting links open in my browser tabs… Absolutely amazing video of a Ballista spider capturing the evening meal of a green ant in a snare trap made of webbing! If you are American (or are simply curious about regional US dialects) take this quiz – I found it moderately accurate. The quiz tagged me…

  • Celebrate!

    Happy Father’s Day! Happy Summer! Happy Solstice! Happy Sunday! Go celebrate a great day for any reason you see fit!!

  • Three Open Tabs – Interesting Links

    From time to time (on an extremely variable schedule) I’ll be posting three links I’ve found interesting for a variety of reasons (and many of those reasons likely only make sense to me!). First edition – the OG to use the modern term! Tubewringer – where has this thing been hiding! Use ALL that expensive…

  • They (A Pantoum)

    She mastered the art of appearing sincereHe wandered after her just to keep her nearShe rambled away only to reappearHe tore his soul out and seemed to disappear He wandered after her just to keep her nearShe pranced around with him as her souvenirHe tore his soul out and seemed to disappearHe begged and pleaded…

  • Sunset Hues

    Beautiful sunset colors through the Georgia pines.

  • Glimmer of Climate Hope

    In our current political climate, climate itself is looked upon in a bad light (unfortunately). Given that fact, it’s really encouraging to see that solar energy has overtaken coal power energy for the first time in the United States: 12.8% solar versus 12.2% for coal in term of electricity generation. Maybe there’s hope for the…