trail and exercise notes, mmxvi-vi-xxx

123 miles for June. 938 so far this year.

garden notes, mmxvi-vi-xxix

snippets, 7-28-2016

A conversation with Sherman Alexie about Thunder Boy Jr. (Indian Country Today, h/t shakesville).

garden notes, mmxvi-vi-xxvi

run away!

erin & pj, mmxvi-vi-xxv

 

snippets, 6-23-2016

Bowie in Aztlan (Texas Observer).

esperanza, mmxvi-vi-xxii

trail notes, mmxvi-vi-xxi

ondine, mmxvi-vi-xxi

snippets, mmxvi-vi-xxi

"The 2010s...are a terrible time to not be brainy. Those who consider themselves bright openly mock others for being less so." (The Atlantic)

Piffle. We don't care how smart you are. We just want you to quit splitting your infinitives.

garden notes, mmxvi-vi-xx

a newly fledged house sparrow

cú in the púl

garden notes, mmxvi-vi-xviii

trail notes, mmxvi-vi-xviii

garden notes, mmxvi-vi-xvii

snippets, 6-17-2016

Step inside the world's most dangerous garden (Smithsonian). "I thought, 'This is a way to interest children.'" Heh.

kitchen notes, mmxvi-vi-xvi

trail notes, mmxvi-vi-xv

snippets, 6-15-2016

The no-shower challenge (The Guardian). I'm ambivalent about the article - there are more practical suggestions about how to go about this on TreeHugger - but some of the comments are hilarious. (Proceed with caution, of course.)

trail notes, mmxvi-vi-xiv

critter notes, mmxvi-vi-xiv

"...have you ever watched fine collie dogs couchant..?"
- Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room.

snippets, 6-14-2016

For transgender boy, bathroom fight just silly (Texas Tribune). "I kind of broke down and realized, my poor kid, he’s been trying so hard, and this is who he really is."

Finishing his sentences (NY Times).

We are not living in a video game simulation (Justin Erik Halldór Smith).

snippets, 6-13-2016

Survival with our animal allies (treehugger).

Charles Darwin's touching letter of appreciation (Brain Pickings).

garden notes, mmxvi-vi-xii

trail notes, mmxvi-vi-xii

watering, mmxvi-vi-xi

garden notes, mmxvi-vi-xi

malabar spinach and retama

trail notes, mmxvi-vi-xi

wow, somebody really didn't like that sign

book notes, mmxvi-vi-x

Lassie Come-Home.

:)

cú, mmxvi-vi-viii

dusk notes, mmxvi-vi-viii

sand, mmxvi-vi-vi

garden notes, mmxvi-vi-v

erin, mmxvi-vi-iv

squall, mmxvi-vi-iv

the boys, mmxvi-vi-iii

snippets, 6-3-2016

There is a certain kind of fascination... (via Whiskey River).

trail notes, mmxvi-vi-ii

garden notes, mmxvi-vi-i