We’re used to impossible adjectives right now in Australia. We think we will get used to what’s happening, but we never do. It’s all personal and it’s all much bigger than any news report has been willing to show. Let … Continue reading
Category Archives: Animals
It’s Saturday morning and the first thing I did when I woke up was go to the window that looks across the road. I can see across this road this morning. I can’t see anything beyond that. Welcome to a … Continue reading
It’s been an eventful year since Freya (one-eyed tortoiseshell tabby) and (Red) Sonja came to live with us, a year of Ringworm Wars, kitten endorphins, and unfolding adventures in friendship. Freya has gone from: a wee bitty thing… … Continue reading
I wrote a haiku one evening, as the husband and I sat inside our empty house, weary, sore, feeding scraps to the dogs and wishing we were anywhere else. Now the house is sold, 21 years of accumulated matter of … Continue reading
Water Vapor Was Just Found on Europa Scientists have found evidence of plate tectonics on Jupiter’s moon Europa. This conceptual illustration of the subduction process (where one plate is forced under another) shows how a cold, brittle, outer portion of … Continue reading
At the invitation of professor and author Kij Johnson we went to visit the University of Kansas, with its vast holdings of SF and SFnal history. The actual collection is going to have to be a separate post — there … Continue reading
I didn’t bring my Croc clogs on our most recent return to Seattle, but we did bring the dogs, and I decided I would write my blog about that trip. The trip was for a necessary return to the surgeon … Continue reading
Yesterday was Wattle Day. Some years the Australian Government makes a big thing of it, and so does the media. Many people clip sprigs of fluffy yellow flower on their clothes. I say this, but I’ve not noticed it for … Continue reading
Join Thor and me on a getaway through the beautiful Salish Sea and the islands of my native Pacific Northwest. NOTE: I’ll return to my latest Greek Islands journey in next week’s blog post as Thor and I explore the … Continue reading
It is a truth universally accepted that kittens make people smile. Well, maybe not all people. But me. And you. In March 2019 I posted about our adventures in integrating two kittens into our household, and the resulting Great Ringworm … Continue reading