Let me out!

You may recognize the phrase from the Queen and David Bowie collaboration, “Under Pressure.” The passage goes: That’s the terror of knowingWhat this world is […]

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Storming

We had a thunderstorm tonight. Perhaps you did as well. As it began, I went out to the back porch to appreciate it. Susan joined […]

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Every Now and Then

There are both formal and informal intervals of time. Femtoseconds, picoseconds, microseconds, milliseconds, seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, and so forth are all well-defined – […]

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All Aflutter

This afternoon the mistflower attracted four Monarch butterflies, as many Queens, and lots of bees.

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IC 63 – The Ghost

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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Still More Pollinators

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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More Pollinators

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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This Week in COVID

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 […]

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Slicing 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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Pollinators

The Blue mistflower has begun to attract pollinators – butterflies, skippers and bees, oh my! Below are some that I saw today. There were also […]

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