I’ve been idly tinkering with the idea of taking more photographs lately–an impulse that hits me every few months. I had seen someone else post a photo of the final sunset of 2015 in their area, so I thought I’d do the same. The sun had already gone down, and so it ended up being […]
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@#$%^ Technical Difficulties
Just discovered that the bonus page for mailing list subscribers (*waves*) is…broken? But only sometimes? How long has it been like that? WHO KNOWS?! Why is it like that? EXCELLENT QUESTION! So. Had to code a new page of html (rather than using a WordPress page) and do the password protection through the main site […]
Everything Is Boring, Everything Is Fascinating
Growing up, most children seem to have at least a brief phase when they want a pony. There’s a good market out there for horse-related products aimed at little girls. Have a pink sparkle unicorn school binder, a Breyer collectible, and a coloring book. Because while this passion for horses is some kind of truth […]
Tibbs, 1999-2015
Yesterday, I had to put down my cat, Tibbs. He had been doing poorly for a few days and going rapidly downhill. It turned out to be a tumor in his abdomen, and there really wasn’t anything else to be done. I adopted Tibbs when I was thirteen. I wasn’t supposed to get a cat that […]
Birding With Technology
One of the interesting bits about moving a significant distance is that all the wildlife changes. For example, while I like rabbits, I’m not exactly mourning the loss of them and their destruction of the vegetable garden. (Don’t worry; the voles and ground squirrels are picking up the slack.) The most dramatic has been the […]