It occurred to me recently that I have not posted about the man who seems to have had his pedophile and financial tentacles in almost every corner of the world. For years, he lived in multiple mansions, from New York City, to Florida, to his own private island in the Caribbean, known as Epstein Island. …
Yesterday was a bright, sunny day, so I went to Narbeck Wetland Preserve to see who was about. As usual with the birds there, I could hear them, but not see them. There were the usual Dark-eyed Juncos, two kinds of chickadees, and a Bewick’s Wren. I did, however, spot a male mallard duck, way …
Introduction to the hurdy-gurdy and demos of players and music.
Last week, we were in Hillsdale, Michigan, in the south central part of the state. It is a relatively poor region, with no big cities, mostly small to medium-sized towns. Allen, along US12, is a center of antiques, with many dealers along the highway. I never tired of the drive from Hillsdale to Coldwater, where …
Just in the past few weeks, it has come to the attention of the American People that, in many cities across the country, Teachers are taking entire classes of students out of school to demonstrate against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers who are enforcing Federal Law by removing Illegal Alien Criminals from our midst. …
Local stories are causing consternation among numerous citizens and Citizen Journalists. It seems our State and Local politicians are doing what they always do, enacting policies that represent "Compassion" to them, but have destructive effects on the citizens they purport to "represent." Their cronies in the Homeless-Industrial Complex are making money hand over fist, mostly …
I learned that "shapes" are what are found in Nature; "designs" are what humans make, often mimicking that Nature. "I think that I shall never see a Poem as lovely as a Tree" is a little snippet of poetry that I'll bet every school child learns (author is Joyce Kilmer, who was male-yeah, I never …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #383: Looking back to #174-Shapes and Designs
We have never been on campus in the winter before. This time, the daytime temperatures hovered around 23F, and at night got close to zero. The campus is in the middle of a huge construction boom, with multiple areas closed off and full of construction equipment. Snow was everywhere. One of the new buildings going …
We are in south central Michigan this week for a Hillsdale College conference. The high temperature so far has been 23F. Until today, I hadn’t seen many birds at all, but when I looked out the window at breakfast this morning, I saw my first Northern Cardinal. Cardinal on branch I think I am lucky …
I am on an airplane, going from Seattle to Detroit. Here is some of what I saw from my window seat. Shortly after takeoff: The Dakotas. See the farms Big lake A Great Lake I think we’re almost there. More later.
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