Renji nearly buys the farm….

To anyone silly enough to believe that critters below ‘mammal’ do not have individual traits and personality…I offer you…a fish. Renji. When they were only minnows, and all 12 fit under one rock in the pond, they were different. One...

about endangered languages

I rarely do this, but this is a cause dear to my heart. And Bren would approve. This is for real—an attempt to save languages around this planet from extinction. In historical memory, for various cultures, the sun has gone down on various languages forever,...

Nice visit with Jane’s cousins…

We went out to Anthony’s, which has a panoramic view of Spokane Falls, right in the heart of town: a white water river with a short but turbulent falls, and a walkway across the water—we didn’t take it this evening, but the water hitting the rock to...

Nice visit with Jane's cousins…

We went out to Anthony’s, which has a panoramic view of Spokane Falls, right in the heart of town: a white water river with a short but turbulent falls, and a walkway across the water—we didn’t take it this evening, but the water hitting the rock to...

Loaded sixteen tons and what’d’ we get?

Some pretty river rock. Actually, it’s five tons, and one ton of gravel, and the truck that delivered it was worth the price of admission. It’s a double dumptruck, and it pulled up across the street, unhitched the second bin, then backed up and dumped the...

Loaded sixteen tons and what'd' we get?

Some pretty river rock. Actually, it’s five tons, and one ton of gravel, and the truck that delivered it was worth the price of admission. It’s a double dumptruck, and it pulled up across the street, unhitched the second bin, then backed up and dumped the...

We got back on the ice and had a pretty nice skate…

I’m not nearly as sore as I should be, but I’ve been front-loading Aleve. And the effort it took to load 2 of the 5 fifty-pound bags of sand straightened out the kink between my shoulders that’s been there for, oh, six months, so not all ill winds...