Friday, January 30, 2026

A Very Small Drone With an Excellent Camera

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The DJI Neo drone, pictured,  is far smaller than my Nikon P90 point and shoot camera, and it not only flies, follows, and has five or six p...
Thursday, January 29, 2026

There Are Only Three Kinds of Neighbors

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: ▪️Those that would turn you in. ▪️Those who would watch and do nothing. ▪️Those who will fight for you. What side are you on, brother?  Wh...

Designer Dogs You Say?

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Complete with blue prints.
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

You Wouldn’t Like It, They Say

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Shining a Little Light on Nonsense

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BREED LONGEVITY CLAIMS remind me of this packaging, which says this expensive lightbulb is good for 22+ years — *but is guaranteed for on...

Drone in the Snow on the Driveway

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Snow Tracks in the Yard

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From  the top:  Fox, Coyote, and Deer
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Flying Immigrants Named After Stars

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Big flocks of Starlings are fairly common this time of year. All of them are descendants of birds released in Central Park, New York City, ...

The Strength of Common Virtue

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THIS ILLUMINATING AND IMPORTANT PARAGRAPH can be found in this Atlantic piece >> https://shorturl.at/oBNCp
Monday, January 26, 2026

Drone on Driveway and Adjacent Forest

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Down the Driveway

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Before the plow came.

Capitalism Went Wrong Quite Early

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Sunday, January 25, 2026

Bunkering On a Snowy Day

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The house dogs entertain themselves in the sun room watching the actiom at the bird feeders. The two terriers are in and out of the basem...

Beautiful Music

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Two separate violins crafted by French instrument maker Joseph Gaffino in 1748.  From “Museum of Artifacts”.
Saturday, January 24, 2026

Before the Snow Begins to Fall

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John Brown’s Truth Is Marching On

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John Brown's body  lies a-mouldering in the grave; His soul is marching on! Glory, glory, hallelujah!  His soul is marching on! He's...

Viking Tough

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It’s 10 degrees out , and my son ran over 19 miles in shorts. I want an aspirin if I drive  19 miles.

300 Million Gallon Sewage Spill on the Potomac

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A massive pipe that moves many millions of gallons of sewage has ruptured and sent wastewater flowing into the Potomac River northwest of...

Baby, It’s Cold Outside

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Dirt dens are a sensible way for animals to tuck in and get out of the cold, the heat, and the wet, to say nothing of predators.  The lis...
Friday, January 23, 2026

White Privilege

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WHITE PRIVILEGE is your history being taught as a requirement and "their" history being taught as an elective.

My Favorite Soup

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My mother made chestnut soup to die for, but I have recipe for Green Curry Soup that *might* be even better. I discovered Green Curry Soup ...
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Belted Kingfisher

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A Belted Kingfisher hunting for small fish over a creek near the house. Kingfishers nest underground in holes they drill into high stream ...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

A Note For Overseas Readers

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For those overseas and at home , it’s worth mentioning that TWO-THIRDS OF ALL ADULT AMERICANS DID NOT VOTE FOR TRUMP. There was huge vote su...

The Power of Protest at the Greengrocers

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At DAVOS, yesterday , Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the smart, reality-based new leader of the free world referenced Václav Havel’s 8...
Tuesday, January 20, 2026

The Most Important Speech In My Lifetime

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1989, 1998

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Monday, January 19, 2026

Trump’s Greenland Plan

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Donald Trump keeps threatening to send the 11th Airborne Division to Minnesota. The 11th Airborne is based in Alaska, and encompasses around...

A County of Spies

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This is former house of famed spy-chaser James Jesus Angleton in Arlington, Va. >> http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jesus_Angleto...