Friday, September 13, 2024

The Fungus Among Us

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A flush of Eastern Jack O’Lantern mushrooms (Omphalotus illudens) in the yard.

The Up and Down of Mast Production

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LAST YEAR we had a warm , dry Spring, and the acorn and hickory production on my wee knoll was off the charts due to high pollen productio...
Thursday, September 12, 2024

A Million Year Problem

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After gathering two tractor loads of 450 million year old rocks from the top of my knoll, I went inside to read this piece from Bill McKi...

Compassion for the Failing Elderly

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IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE COMPASSION for the elderly who fail at different ages. If we are lucky , we will all get old enough to have a little...

Keb Mo: Put a Woman In Charge

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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Thank You For Not Breeding

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▪️Wild animals represent only 2 percent of mammal biomass.  ▪️Livestock, excluding chickens and other poultry, represent 65 percent of land-...
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Maryland In Africa

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Look up “Maryland in Africa”.  The Republic of Maryland (also known variously as the Independent State of Maryland, and Maryland in Liberia...
Monday, September 09, 2024

Trophy Room

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Sunday, September 08, 2024

As Good As It Gets

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It was amazing concert. Springsteen and the E Street Band are always great music, but the concert was also a realization these musicians ...

The Fraternal Order of Police Is the KKK

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The KKK and the police are too often the same people. Need evidence? Consider this :  the Fraternal Order of Police — the police union — is...
Saturday, September 07, 2024

Wee Man With the Teeth of the Lion

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Dandelions are a non-native flowering weed named after their serated leaves -- the Dents de Lion, or teeth of the lion.

AMERICA IS A GUN, by Brian Bilstons

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England is a cup of tea. France, a wheel of ripened brie. Greece, a short, squat olive tree. America is a gun. Brazil is football on the s...
Friday, September 06, 2024

I Released the Hercules Beetle

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I grew this little lady from a wee grub, and kept her fed on fruit jelly for a few weeks, but today she was released into the woods behin...
Thursday, September 05, 2024

Pretty Sure This Has Been Heavily Charted!

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Wednesday, September 04, 2024

Inside Trump’s Head

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Yard Deer Growing Up

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Saw mom and the twin fawns in the lower patch of forest.  The fawns still have spots, but are *much* bigger now.
Tuesday, September 03, 2024

Will Deer Eat Bagels?

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Costco was selling bagel s in numbers larger than I could eat before mold poked up its head. Now we get to see if deer like “everything” ...
Monday, September 02, 2024

Lawn Tractor Problem

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One reason my lawn tractor was not starting — a rather impressive mouse nest.

Only Assholes Kick the Best

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You cannot name one good thing in this country that was not built by the people now being kicked by the Republican party.  Union workers bu...

What’s the Deal?

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P If RACISM wasn’t a deal breaker , and PUSSY-GRABBING wasn’t a deal breaker, and MISOGYNY wasn’t a deal breaker, and DRAFT DODGING wasn’t a...

People Are Slow Learners and Quick Forgetters

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Sunday, September 01, 2024

Than You For Not Breeding

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There is no amount of reduce, recycle , repurpose or “live small” that will do more to ease pressure on the environment than having no chi...

The Newspaper Is PR for the Rich

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"Keep in mind, the news media are not independent; they are a sort of bulletin board and public relations firm for the ruling class-t...

Backyard Mushroom

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Thirteen Years After Fukushima

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U.S. blood and treasur e are spent propping up oil-soaked totalitarian regimes in the Middle East, but no one ever suggests that population ...
Saturday, August 31, 2024

The Center of the Bed

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Don’t put things you love on the edge. Put them in the middle of the bed, so even if there’s an earthquake, they’re not going anywhere. ❤️

Irish Spring Soap to Deter Deer?

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I’ve planted 8 apple trees of three varieties, 3 peach trees, and 2 crab apples. The trees are 7-9 feet tall. If the trees ever fruit, ...
Friday, August 30, 2024

Another Baby Hatches

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This is the fourth baby Rat Snake to hatch and get released. A real beauty.
Thursday, August 29, 2024

Definitely Not Weird

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"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." - George Orwell, ...
Wednesday, August 28, 2024

Two Hatchlings Released

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Two more baby Rat Snakes  have hatched, and a third is pipping out of its leathery egg. The two fully hatched snakes were released in the s...

Dogs Are Better

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

The Clown That Makes the Circus

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Is there anything more ridiculous than the “all breed” dog show judge? Transpose the notion to another arena. Imagine if someone bought a S...

An Orange Flush of Mushrooms

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ORANGE MUSHROOMS,  Omphalotus illudens,  coming up in the forest just below the house. A bit early yet, and it’s still a bit dry, but th...

The Foot of a T-Rex and an Emu

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Hercules Beetle Is Shy

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I raised this beetle from a small larva over a little over a year, and now it's in its own terrarium, hiding deep in the wood chips. ...
Monday, August 26, 2024

When Ralph Stanley Took My Breath Away

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I REMEMBER coming down the Shenandoah Valley when this spot came on the radio. I’d been passing big round bales with the Obama logo pai...

Putin Promised the Stability of Dictatorship

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A massive fire continues to rage at the Proletarsk fuel depot in Russia, captured against a backdrop of a propaganda billboard promising ...

500 Daffodil Bulbs on Order

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I've ordered 500 mixed daffodil bulbs to plant in 25 groupings of 20 bulbs each.  Fifteen of the beds will be associated with the ei...
Sunday, August 25, 2024

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps

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Old Hippie Soap now sold by the skid at Costco.  From Wiki:  “Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps was founded by Emanuel Heilbronner, a Jewish ...

How It’s Done

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The classic recipe for inventing a breed is:  ☑️ Name a place or country (remote or obscure is best)  ☑️ Add a claim of odd or speciali...
Saturday, August 24, 2024

The Best Star Spangled Banner

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This is Madison Rising
Friday, August 23, 2024

First Rat Snake Has Hatched

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The first of the Rat Snake babies has hatched! I released him or her on a southern slope covered with pachysandra away from where I work ...
Thursday, August 22, 2024

What We Chase On the Water

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"Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing it is not fish they are after." —  Henry David Thoreau
Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Two Masters: BB King and Gary Moore

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It Only Took 104 Years

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Published in 1920 , as they gained right to vote, this cartoon about women was called, “From Slavery to the Presidency”.