I just started re-reading a book I really like. Though some people re-read a lot, for me it’s really rare, even with favorite books. Though…perhaps lately it’s been getting less rare? I think this’ll be my third time through this one. The book is called The Wizard Hunters and is the first in a trilogy called The Fall of Ile-Rien by Martha Wells. Like many, I quite like a lot of Martha Wells’ work (Murderbot, anyone?), but I really think…
Did I say my garden had all turned brown? But you see, daisies don’t believe in turning all the way brown. Daisies dream of becoming the green plague that will one day cover the Earth. (Maybe in partnership with vinca – it depends whether they’re forced into a stalemate or not.)
See Previous | See Next It’s so dark out so early! No longer being on Daylight Savings Time means I don’t get to see my garden as much when I come home from work. Never-the-less, it’s still there, and a few plants are even managing to add a little bit more fall color as the weather thinks about turning properly cold. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years is kind of a mish-mash, with general agreement that brown-ness trends will…
See Previous | See Next Well, we have definitely now entered the brown phase of Colorado Front-range fall/winter. I almost said ‘the everlasting brown phase’, but of course this whole post-series puts the lie to that. We have come to the time of year, though, when a long look at the landscape reminds you that this is the next thing to a desert, and the bits of beauty hiding out in the garden require, usually, a rather close eye. Looking…
Okay, friends. I think it is time to tell you about something I call Quick-Chores, which is a house-keeping tactic I’ve been playing with this year, to varying degrees of success. First, I should say that on the spectrum of people, I am the sort of people who neither enjoys housework, nor feels strongly compelled to do very much of it. I think I’m in a lot of pretty good company. Never-the-less, I do prefer a clean house to a…
See Previous | See Next This week warmed up again a little bit and the snow of last week all melted. We had a brief window of that muddy, warm, melty time when the breeze can almost fool you that it’s actually spring, but it’s past now and everything is less green than before, rather than more. The foliage that hadn’t turned its fall colors yet seems to now be going straight from green to brown. Looking back 1-2 weeks…
See Previous | See Next This week the snow has arrived! at least for a brief visit, along with the cold that didn’t seem quite real last week. We got enough to blanket things, but the temperature’s rising already, so we’ll see what next week brings. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years still has suggestions of flowers, along with pretty autumn colors for the barberry bush that still haven’t quite shown up yet this year. Half the trees and…
They say write the book you want to read. The problem with that is, when you’re having a bad day and things just aren’t jelling, you really just want to be able to sit down and read that book, not have to go through the slog of writing it.
Okay, so ordinarily outreach astronomy isn’t my jam. I just really don’t have a bent toward teaching, though I am ever grateful for all those out there who do. But this recent Annular Eclipse had an interesting confluence of events for me that made me realize again that, of all of the sciences, I’m grateful my path took me to Astronomy. I do think that Astronomy is super great. It’s also a lot more accessible than you might expect, both…
See Previous | See Next This week the foliage on the trees has turned beautifully golden so that my garden feels filled up with sunlight. We finally got our Halloween decorations out, and all of the leaves falling and filling up my driveway have made a great mulch for tucking in my roses (provided they don’t all blow away in the next wind storm). Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years I’m a little surprised to see how many photos…