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November 2016

November 02, 2016

Headstones, creativity, and National Novel Writing Month

It's November, and for writers that means National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, when writers...

June 2016

June 20, 2016

A rare full moon on the summer solstice

I could feel it: a full moon was imminent. Turns it's a Strawberry Full Moon,...

June 03, 2016

Animals, humans, and Yellowstone National Park

Animals in Yellowstone are just trying to live their lives without interference from humans who...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

To kill or not to kill spiders

I stood there and pondered the spider nest, baby arachnids hatching and scurrying in every...

May 13, 2016

Groundhogs, coffin parts, and other cemetery surprises

While walking my dog in the cemetery, we came across a groundhog hole surrounded by...

November 2015

November 04, 2015

The circle of life in a cemetery

Walking the dogs this morning, I was musing over the life and death of a...

September 2014

September 27, 2014

Writing, technology and the beauty of the pen

I'm an avid scribbler. I'm constantly making notes in small notebooks tucked in my purse,...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Mrs. Robin and her babies: the final chapter, part 3

If you're following along with today's story, we saw the robin babies getting more active...

May 29, 2014

Mrs. Robin and her babies: the final chapter, part 2

It was just this morning that I noticed a lot of activity in the robin's...

May 28, 2014

Mrs. Robin’s babies – almost ready to leave the nest

It's been almost a week since I last reported on Mrs. Robin and her babies....

May 21, 2014

Robin babies and dove eggs – what a difference a day makes! (photos)

Yesterday I shared some up close photos of Mrs. Robin's babies, and commented on how...

May 20, 2014

Up close with Mrs. Robin’s baby birds (photos)

The good news with today's update on Mrs. Robin and her babies is that egg...

May 19, 2014

Supercell forms in Wyoming – video

I generally stay out of the global warming debate. I'm not a scientist and I...

May 19, 2014

Mrs Robin’s egg – uh oh, did we lose a baby?

Mrs. Robin snuck away this afternoon - to do a little worm hunting, I imagine...

May 17, 2014

Mrs. Robin hatches egg #3, and Mrs. Morning Dove sits on her nest

Curiosity got the best of me this morning, so I snuck outside to see if...

May 15, 2014

Mrs. Robin’s babies!

If you're following along with the story of Mrs. Robin and her eggs, I have...

May 06, 2014

Happy Birthday, Patheos! #Patheos5Yrs

A (fairly) long time ago, in a galaxy ... well, not far away, but definitely in another...

May 04, 2014

Mrs Robin adds to her nest – three more eggs!

Hopefully you're not sick of my updates about Mrs. Robin and her nest. But watching...

May 02, 2014

Turning tree rings into music

Today I came across what might be the most amazing thing I've seen in a...

May 01, 2014

Mrs. Robin lays her egg

If you've been following along with the saga of Mrs. Robin's nest, after a week...

April 2014

April 26, 2014

Mrs. Robin builds a nest – a lesson in perseverance

There's a robin building a next in the window of our neighbor's house. I suppose...