We discovered recently that we have a tenant staying in our garage.  Actually, it’s not technically in the garage, but in the rain gutter on the outside of the garage.  Specifically, a mourning dove has built her nest there, in the end opposite the downspout.  From the driveway, you can just make out the head … Read more

A couple of weeks ago, we went to see a special screening of the film Sleep Dealer.  It’s a political science-fiction film, dealing with a (very?) near-future time when the U.S.-Mexico border is completely closed physically, but workers in Mexico are able to connect their minds to a network and control robots to do work … Read more

Last month I attended the first ever New England Webcomics Weekend (NEWW).  It was pretty fun.  It was billed as the first comic convention (in the U.S anyway) that was all webcomic artists – nobody who works mainly or solely in the print realm.  Given how popular webcomics have gotten this decade, it’s surprising that … Read more

Even though the news is a bit old now, I wanted to post in commemoration of 2 more U.S. states gaining same-sex marriage.  For those who haven’t heard the news: On April 3, the Iowa Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a state law limiting marriage to a union between a man and a woman.  The ruling … Read more

This is the last catch-up post – again posting about something that happened in October.  I went to see They Might Be Giants at the Calvin Theater in Northampton, just as I’d done the previous October.  Seating was different this time – the last time I’d been there, there were additional chairs setup in front … Read more

This is a catching up post, which I intended to put up here months ago.  Back in October I went for a hike – my longest one to date.  I hiked all of section 8 and most of section 7 of the M-M Trail.  Total distance was about 10 miles, over lots of rising and … Read more

In mid-July I went on a solo hike through the Mount Tom Reservation, which I had done with a friend in 2007.  Since I was doing a one-way hike by myself, I had to park the car at one end of the trail and ride my bike back to the starting point.  Unfortunately, this involves … Read more

(Note: After being busy with house buying and moving for a few months, I’m finally getting back to the blog.  This is the first of a few posts I meant to put up much earlier.) On the way home from my Michigan trip in early July, I made a stop in upstate New York.  Many … Read more

On a trip to Michigan over the July 4 weekend, I decided to finally go visit a place that I’ve known about for over 15 years. For that length of time, I’ve been cooking using recipes in various cookbooks published by The Moosewood Restaurant (or rather, by members of the collective that runs the restaurant). … Read more

A few weeks ago we discovered, quite by accident, that a robin had a nest in a bush by our front porch.  The baby birds were pretty old at that point, though still being fed by their mother.  I took some pictures, trying to intimidate them as little as possible. There were 3 of them … Read more