October 2021 - Musings

More Butterflies

These five Monarchs were today’s Mistflower visitors.

IC 5067 – IC 5070

This is the Pelican Nebula. It is part of the North American Nebula complex – NCG 7000 whose image I posted a couple of days […]

Return of the Butterflies

The Blue Mistflower has been flowering for about a week. I’ve seen bees and skippers among the flowers, but the larger butterflies have not visited […]

Zzzz

My WoFit health monitor (Made in China, of course) not only monitors my heart rate, heart rate variability, blood pressure, and O2 saturation, but also […]

This Week in COVID

Here is Dr. Klotman’s weekly COVID update. We need to settle into a mindset of endemic disease. This virus isn’t going away, but perhaps we […]

NGC 7000

The North American Nebula, NGC 7000, is one of my favorite Summer astrophotography targets. I photographed it last night with the 130mm F/4.5 astrograph. The […]

The Veldt

If you are familiar with Ray Bradberry’s short stories, you probably recognize this title. If not, you may recognize the story plot from the 1969 […]

Antiviral Therapies

COVID vaccinations have gotten the most attention regarding this scourge, and rightly so. Antibody “cocktails” (there are two now), have captured some attention as well. […]

General Morons

I seem to be perseverating on morons this evening. The story that is bugging me tonight concerns Florida’s Surgeon General. Florida is home of the […]

Gojira, you moron!

Of all the Godzilla movies, I like the 1998 Roland Emmerich version the best. I know that the Cognoscenti opine otherwise. Screw them, I say. […]