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The Improbable Bee 5 Jul 2013 | 07:30 pm
How does a bee find a flower? Perhaps, if it lives in a hive, another bee tells it where to go, but even that first bee needs to find the flower, and anyways most bees are solitary. So that bee flies ...
A John McPhee Coincidence 24 Jun 2013 | 06:00 pm
One winter morning two years ago, I visited my favorite bookstore. It was — past tense, as it closed that spring — a cozy place that struck just the right balance between old and new, rare and common,...
Spring Birds & Photography 23 Jun 2013 | 08:40 pm
Of late I’ve felt ambivalent about my own photography. As Juhani Pallasmaa wrote in The Eyes of the Skin, we’ve elevated sight above the other senses; we regard the world — see the world, in that tell...
Spring! 9 May 2013 | 12:23 am
That’s all.
Thoughts on Taxidermy, Fashion & Bighorn Sheep 22 Feb 2013 | 07:30 am
Seen on the G train: A bookish young hipster bringing home the taxidermied head of a bighorn ram. As a kid I saw bighorn sheep several times, though I’m not sure whether the memories are my own or app...
Snow Cream! Recipe 8 Feb 2013 | 07:30 pm
When life gives you snow… 1/2 cup cream 4 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg 6 cups snow 2 cups snow (to keep aside) Optional: 3/4 cup shredded coconut 1/2 cup chopped walnuts Dash of cinnamon...
Gold Road 8 Jan 2013 | 07:30 am
The sun sets early in winter, but while it’s high the light is so, so glorious. Photo: Brandon Keim/Flickr
Fall Birds 12 Dec 2012 | 07:30 am
From the Flickr set.
Overheard Wisdom 26 Nov 2012 | 07:38 am
From a conversation between two old acquaintances seeing one another at a restaurant. Elderly woman: You’ve got one leg in heaven. Elderly man: But the other leg is so heavy! Photo: A jeepney near Dag...
Autumn, Trees 22 Oct 2012 | 07:08 am
Of all the insights contained in the genomes of these trees, the feel of a fall day is not among them. Images: Brandon Keim/Flickr
