Saw this tiny fly on leaves after a late spring rain. According to NC State Entomology, it’s a Dolichopodid Fly. […]


Saw this tiny fly on leaves after a late spring rain. According to NC State Entomology, it’s a Dolichopodid Fly. […]

We’re all made of bubbles … atoms, cells, blood, brain cells … we all live in bubbles (some by our […]

One of the favorite markers of the passage into spring … The fuzzbuzzers are back!

It’s been awhile (much too long) but one of the great pleasures of my life has been snowshoeing with friends […]

Heard a strange clicking on my printer this afternoon. Thought my wife was about to print something. It kept clicking. […]

Ok, I’m trying to “hook” you with a catchy title here, but I’m hooked on books myself, reading, writing and […]

A few images from our walk in Great Smoky Mountains National Park yesterday. Nature, History, Nature … (and a furry […]

Found this little visitor on our front porch: Mantis religiosa Mantises seem calm and peaceful, curious and almost contemplative … but […]

I chose my photograph of drops on leaves for a header image for several reasons: A symbol of the delicate […]

A neighbor gave me a book written by a professor of biology in Norway. Her name is Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson and […]

This website reached 50,000 views today. I’m aware this doesn’t mean there have been that many actual “visitors.” That […]

A poetic reflection: We see them fall, We hear them rustle, We may even feel them brush by our face. […]