Unexpected Pleasures at a Terminal Near You. With scattered exceptions, airports don’t have a whole lot going for them. They’re noisy, dirty, poorly laid out, and just generally hostile to passengers. As my regular readers are well aware, I’ve made this point in numerous prior posts — perhaps too...
I’m writing this on the eve of what may be the fall of the government of Ukraine. I’m supposed to be working, can’t concentrate, and picked the most pro-social thing off my writing backlog, which is this. There’s a John Adams letter to his wife which is like ‘I study politics and war so that my...
Plants like buddleia and thistle are fantastic food plants for butterflies and other invertebrates. I spent an enjoyable hour today watching brimstone, small tortoiseshell and a very worn red admiral feeding. ﾿...
What an amazing day today was. I never thought I would see a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) in the wild. Today I saw loads of them at Pacific Grove.These western Monarchs are found west of the Rocky Mountains and often migrate to sites in southern California, but has been found in...