I managed to travel all fall without catching a cold, and then this bitter, deep winter weather, and five weeks of school — and yet […]
That damn jay. Also, Fridays.
There’s one particular jay in my back yard that pretended to be a hawk for over an hour this morning, practicing his hawk-scream until it […]
Patreon posts.
In case you are interested, here’s what I am doing over at Patreon behind a member lock: Fun with grants! Raven jokes. Rethinking the Patreon/Wordpress/Facebook […]
Snow, again and always.
Yesterday is my 12-14 hour day: I have to get in and prep for the 2:30 undergraduate class, and then, in the three hours before […]
Tuesdays are the harriedest.
Tuesdays include two classes, one of them three hours long, plus departmental meetings periodically, plus (as today) meeting with grad students about their dissertations and […]
Snowy days of yore.
This picture is from my Japan trip in February and March of 2004. I was there for three weeks or so, and every place I […]
New blog.
I have been using Patreon as a sort of multipurpose blog — personal and writing and photos and every other thing — but I’ve known […]
Moon piggery….
(This is a moonpig or something? Maybe a moondog? Moonfrog? Anyway one leg in the back, two in the front, hideous expression, and man do […]
Giving talks.
I am giving a talk tomorrow at the Topeka and Shawnee County Library. I like talking in front of groups, so this is the sort […]
Colette and me writing.
(This was part of a scientific model from a Glasgow museum, in October.) So, it will be a surprise to no one that I am […]