6 days agoNov 24, 2023 — Spraints ObambulateOur yard has a few Japanese paper plants, some of which are currently blooming. The flowers are quite striking though to my eyes the plants themselves are a bit… straggly. Maybe that’s just ours, though. Anyway, welcome to the last update of November. The holidays are upon us and my…Happiness3 min readHappiness3 min read
Nov 18Nov 17, 2023 — Thoughts on HappinessI’ve been pondering happiness this past week. I’m not entirely sure why, but it’s been kicking around in the back of my mind. The universe even slapped me with it when a video from Veritasium showed up in my feed on the same topic: If you watch that, you’ll…Happiness5 min readHappiness5 min read
Nov 10Nov 10, 2023 — Callipygean PlumassierAh, fall colours. That’s the Japanese maple in the front yard. Beautiful and horrifically messy. There’s one in the backyard too, over the water feature, which is now full of leaves. Last week included November fifth: Guy Fawkes day. Did you mark the event? Do you recall the nursery rhyme? …Fall3 min readFall3 min read
Nov 3Nov 3, 2023 — Signate ChromatoptometerGreetings! The above photo captures a weird fungus growing on an old stump in our backyard. It really is that bright, and it’s surprisingly tough. I have no idea what it is called. No, wait. I live in a connected world, and the Google Lens app is surprisingly good at…Life5 min readLife5 min read
Oct 27Oct 27, 2023 — Suaveolent SempectHey! That’s my own photo. One of the last hydrangea blooms we have at the moment. And it’s been cold enough recently — near freezing at night — that I suspect it won’t last. Welcome to the end of yet another week. The big news this week is that I…Life4 min readLife4 min read
Oct 20Oct 20, 2023 — Tonitruous BlennyOh no! I’ve been shot! In the left arm. By a needle. Full of Covid vaccine. Yesterday. At the moment I am a bit dopey and my arm hurts. Thankfully it was Pfizer. Of all of my previous vaccinations — and I’ve had a menagerie of them — Moderna hit…Life3 min readLife3 min read
Oct 13Oct 13, 2023 — Prolate ValientonGreetings once again. You might think that introductory image means I have no photos to share this week. That would be an incorrect assumption. Instead it turns out the two photos I have are simply not that exciting:Life4 min readLife4 min read
Oct 6Oct 6, 2023 — Caseous AnzactileGreetings fellow humans. I am sorry to report there are no photos from my personal collection this time. There were none to chose from. Instead, I picked something that Medium handed me when I gave it the keyword “blue.” Because I could. The week was… a thing. It went somewhere…Life4 min readLife4 min read
Sep 29Sept 29, 2023 — Hoary ClaverThat’s your author on a hike last Sunday, trying to be seen by the mountain bikers before they attempt a physics experiment involving putting two or more solid objects into the same physical space at exactly the same moment. …News5 min readNews5 min read
Sep 22Sept 22, 2023 — Altitonant JeremiadI like this post naming scheme, and the phrase “altitonant jeremiad” is an apt description of the lives of a number of people I have known. You’ll have to look those words up if that makes no sense. Also, happy equinox! Fall is officially here, and at least for us…Home Renovation7 min readHome Renovation7 min read
