It’s deep autumn, and maybe we feel like a holiday to Continue reading “The Loss of the Flies”
Category: climate, environment
Snakes in the sky and in cages
Serpens the snake – the only constellation in two separated parts, head on the right or west, tail on the east – wriggles Continue reading “Snakes in the sky and in cages”
Three meanings of Vega
As summer ends, the Summer Triangle tilts over toward the west.
Sun Showers and Sunshine Floods
I often, beside the sea, used to gaze out at curtains of rain under clouds, like a skate under a foot.
Groundhog Day weather
Good morning, Tor, it’s your twelfth birthday, and also Continue reading “Groundhog Day weather”
The Moon Squeezed Largest
Venice and the Feast of the First Full Moon
The first time I came to this island universe was by walking, along the bridge over the void Continue reading “Venice and the Feast of the First Full Moon”
Scientists and Yellow Crazy Ants
Thank heaven for science. Or thank the enlightened government departments that support it.
Ants infesting a sooty tern chick. Continue reading “Scientists and Yellow Crazy Ants”
The Anthropocene epoch has begun
Scared of a shadow
Soon (Tuesday) we set sail for a sea voyage to the March 20 eclipse, so Continue reading “Scared of a shadow”