I watched “Mothra” on TV last night, before they take it off the list of free movies, and laughed so hard I thought I’d be sick. Mothra, for those who don’t know, is of the “Godzilla” era. It was a serious hoot at least partly because it wasn’t intended to be funny—sort of like poor […]
Of course, no one had a camera handy and I had both hands on the wheel, so we can’t prove it.
I drove Rob and his two friends from Boston, Dick and Roberta, up to Mt. Baker this afternoon. Coming around a hairpin turn, I had to hit the brakes so a black bear could leap […]
Thanks to the erudite Paul and Toni on my gardening list, I have identified Lazarus as belonging to the Kalanchoe family, species blossfeldiana. As per here. Or maybe pinnata. The pinnata photo looks more like it; this one shows the little plants growing out of Leaf Mom. Apparently, if I don’t kill it, it will […]
A couple of weeks ago, Arvin gave me a cutting from an odd little plant whose name he couldn’t remember and I didn’t know. He said that if you take a leaf off it and place it on dirt (or anything else), it will as it dries out start producing first little roots, then tiny […]
Yeah, I don’t know Latin, but it gets the point across. I’ve noticed something that I’m undecided about: Do I laugh, because it’s so ridiculous, or do I throw up my hands in despair, because it’s so pretentious? Or shriek because it’s so stupid?
I’m talking about designer mutts, for lack of a better term. I […]
I’ve tried several times to describe what I’ve been working on to stick up over the bookcases and serve as a shade for some lights, which I will also stick up there. So far, I’ve not done real well, which is really frustrating since I deal in words for a living. But as they say, […]