Continue Reading Eaton Wildfire: Facing Insurance. Many people who have lost their homes and all belongings to the LA wildfires are likely overwhelmed by the multitude of tasks…
Continue Reading Eaton Fire Since so many of you have inquired, for which I am truly grateful, I want to just answer a few questions. My son…
Continue Reading And Now from the Interesting Person Department… Last week I was looking something up at the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL), the world’s largest open access digital library for biodiversity literature…
Continue Reading Game On. Walk with me in this first week of the New Year. Grab your boots, though. My neighborhood park is rain-drenched and muddy…
Continue Reading Connecting the Dots. Last blog for this year, looks like. I am defying the impulse to offer a balance sheet of a difficult year, or…
Continue Reading Fluke You never know. Here I was planning a quiet walk in one of my favorite places on earth, the place where I…
Continue Reading Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah. This was sent by a friend – I thought I’d share the welcome sentiments. E. B. White’s Christmas – From the New Yorker…
Continue Reading No Room at the Inn. Christmas is upon us, and I thought I would remind us of the disconnect between the deeper truth of the narrative contained…
Continue Reading Orange to the Rescue. Walk with me. You have the choice of pouring rain (Tuesday) or bright sun, unseasonably warm (Wednesday.) On both days, the highlight…
Continue Reading Thoughts triggered by Geese. Returning Birds. This spring the birds came back again too early.Rejoice, O reason: instinct can err, too.It gathers wool, it dozes off –…