…and now there’s a hurricane heading for Iceland. I mean, why the heck not?


A little more naturalistic this time. Also an odd size (6”x11”) for which I don’t have a frame at hand.

Virginia creeper on a fencesketch of Virginia creeper, with plans for a carvingchip carving of Virginia creeper vining on a tree, with a bird, sheltering branches and underbrush


Color me a wet blanket, but I just don’t think that Bull Durham needs to be a musical. Nor Back to the Future, for that matter.


But what’s a conspiracy theory?


A marbled orb weaver, I believe. I crashed through this little guy’s web Monday morning and spent several seconds trying to get him, and the last strand he clung to, off my arm and onto the ground without crushing him. It has to be disconcerting, if you are a spider.

a large yellow and black spider with mostly orange legs, clinging to the underside of a leaf.


Nicholas Carr on Apple Rewrite: “So, if I’m getting this right, you’d use Professional mode any time you want to sound like you have a stick up your ass.”


This week’s Positivity in Pedantry Award goes to Andrew Roberts for his correct use of the verb “eke,” observing in a book review that the author “is particularly good at eking out (her subjects’) back stories.” Our heartiest thanks and congratulations!


Some thoughts on (alleged) cultural stasis


Summer keeps its hold with such cupidity—
It’s not the heat, you know, but the humidity.

Weather station reading temperature 71F, humidity 69%


Stopped in the pet store this afternoon for dog food, and after I paid and was leaving the clerk said, “Enjoy!” 🤷‍♂️