This past week, my astrophotography imaging project was a very faint nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia; its informal name is The Ghost Nebula. In all, […]
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Today, the Blue mistflower attracted at least four Queen butterflies, and as many Firey skippers and Buckeyes. There was also a Black Swallowtail and a […]
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The Blue mistflower is attracting more pollinators. This afternoon, I saw two buckeye butterflies, two Queen butterflies, and Orange Sulfur, a couple of Variegated Fritillaries, […]
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Here is Dr. Klotman’s Week 135 COVID pandemic update. There are many new SARS-CoV-2 variants showing up around the world, and they are all competing […]
Read MoreSlicing a Tear in Half
That’s how Alita Battle Angel ends – a falling tear is sliced in half by a blade stroke so swift and precise that it bisects […]
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The Blue mistflower has begun to attract pollinators – butterflies, skippers and bees, oh my! Below are some that I saw today. There were also […]
Read MoreUnintended Consequences
We humans are forever doing stuff that has consequences that we did not anticipate. Even when such consequences seem small when we consider a single […]
Read MoreThey Are Until They Aren’t
I started thinking about this a couple of weeks ago when I heard Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson argue, in the case of Alabama’s gerrymandered Congressional […]
Read MoreTlaloc and Chac
Central Texas hasn’t had much rain the past month. Last night, we finally got just under 1/2″. The Aztec god of rains, Tlaloc, and the […]
Read MoreTonight’s Chalupa Porn
I cook chalupas compuestas every week or two. It is more an exercise in assembly than actual cooking. The fried corn tortilla shells come from […]
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