Twitter Updates for 2009-05-17
The weather prognosticators called it right for once...It's 73 and falling on a May afternoon...Their latest call is for a low in high 50's. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Author: Gary Boyd
Dog Days Of Summer…In May
Saturday was another 90° day here in SE Texas...The past week has seen upper 80's every day. The weather prognosticators are trying to tease with hints of a "strong" cool front coming our way. I have even heard whispers of highs in the upper 70's...Personally, I think they are smoking…
Twitter Updates for 2009-05-14
The Future Of Food http://bit.ly/CWliV on hulu...go watch it and get mad...then get busy. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
How Many Little Ikes Are There?
Another long term effect of last falls hurricane season... Doctors who work in Houston’s busiest maternity ward say they’re expecting an especially bustling June, leading some to conclude that Hurricane Ike was the perfect storm for making babies. It’s been eight months since Ike knocked out the region’s electricity, leaving…
Twitter Updates for 2009-05-11
Grandpa duty this morning...Dr. Phil on Sesame Street. What does that say about the pre-todlers of America? Even as the grandson ignores it? # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Twitter Updates for 2009-05-10
Summer is over a month away here and it's 83 degrees fahrenheit before noon. To be expected since we hit 90 last month. Mountain dreams now. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Twitter Updates for 2009-05-09
@BlueRidgeblog I'm jealous...How was the market? I am missing the mountains badly. How about a spring shot at your blog? in reply to BlueRidgeblog # Powered by Twitter Tools.
The Mother Earth News
Image via Wikipedia Back in my youth I discovered The Mother Earth News. It was probably sometime around 1971 that I first came across the magazine. I am sure I first found it at the old Space City News in downtown Houston where I spent a lot of time each…
Three Years Ago Today…
I started down a path I am still walking today. Inventing the Myth as I Go Where am I heading and how will I get there? You are welcome to come along for the ride. Try not to fall off as we round the curves… I have tried to do…
Twitter Updates for 2009-05-07
RT @bittman Wonderful Wired piece about Penn, Teller, and the science of magic:http://bit.ly/1znuY The videos are great # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Twitter Updates for 2009-05-06
@fred1st I hope the driver has the guts to face the road along Goose Creek...I want my book! in reply to fred1st # Powered by Twitter Tools.
SIMPLY WAIT: 10 WAYS BLOGGING WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE and a quote about ice-cream
One of the things I like most about this thing we call Blogging is number 2 on Patry Francis' list. And she ranks up there at the top of my amazing people list. Patry published this list back around Thanksgiving in Twenty O'Six. I stumbled across it again today as…
A Nation of Typhoid Marys – Nicholas Kristof
Think of the 47 million Americans who lack insurance. They are less likely to receive flu vaccines (which might or might not help), less likely to receive prompt care when they get sick, and less able financially to stay home from work — and thus they are more likely both…
Happy Birthday Pete Seeger
It's hard to believe the impact one man's songs can have on a nation and a world...Thanks for living a life that can be an example to us all... Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing Where have all the flowers gone? Long time ago Where have all…
Saturday Muses
I saw Patry's post about the medicinal use of red wine in the treatment of influenza... Patry Francis Red wine may prevent swine flu, which is the absolute only reason I drink it. http://www.anotherwineblog.com/archives/4253 I checked my stock and decided I needed to make a "medicine" run...Off to Spec's we…
Twitter Updates for 2009-04-30
@scalzi How many inches so far? I trust the new roof is up to the task... in reply to scalzi # It's been overcast all day. It looks like rain but the radar shows the real precipitation is miles and miles away and moving away from here. # Swine flu…
Neither Here nor There…Life on the Web
Today has been a little stranger than usual...I seem to be in the doldrums. Held inside by the heat, humidity, and the biting insects when I really want to be outside. Not that being inside today has been tough. It's just been quieter than I am used to...Everyone is out,…
Twitter Updates for 2009-04-29
@fred1st Seems to me, face masks only protect the minds of the wearers. It's all in the head. in reply to fred1st # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Discovery…Authors and Philosophy?
I seem to enjoy finding blogs written by authors. One of the latest I've wandered across is by Fiona Robyn. She posted an article yesterday that popped up via my feed reader today. The title of the piece was How To Slow Down. I found this section in particular spoke…
Tuesday Shorts
Some quick observations of no importance to anyone but me... ++++++++++ Living for a week or so on a laptop belonging to someone else is frustrating to say the least. Even a laptop that you set up for that someone else. Even with admin rights and my own profile, even…
Saturday Morning Muse…
Last nights batch of thunder boomers must have dropped a goodly amount (though, more normal) of rain since there are still some rather full puddles in the yard.
Twitter Updates for 2009-04-24
@fred1st I thought of you when I read the first story in the local paper yesterday...Swine Flu in San Antonio... in reply to fred1st # Powered by Twitter Tools.
These Old Bones…They Ain’t What They Once Were.
Leave to a youngish mind in a middleaged, out of shape body to discover the hard way (always the hard way) that he cannot still do everything he once did. Yesterday I decided, at long last, to finish the distruction of our dog pen that Ike had started. Bearing in…
Waiting…Watching…Listening
This morning as the sun comes up, the day starts out foggy. The woods behind the house are hazy through the gray, cloaking moisture. The morning is still, but nowhere near quite. Birds, lots of birds are singing their welcome to the mornings light. The back doors are wide, letting…
Twitter Updates for 2009-04-22
Today the thermometer says it reached 89 degrees outside my kitchen. I think spring is giving way to summer. I'm not ready yet for the 90's. # RT @fred1st Looking at http://bit.ly/EjWtb # Powered by Twitter Tools.
Wednesday Morning Muse
Standing out in the backyard with my morning coffee as the sun rises, it was still. There was absolutely no breeze stirring, an unusual occurrence for here, at least lately...Cool and damp with dew on the grass, my body warmed by the rising sun. I was astonished to note the…
Perfectly Still
"I know what grows in the warmth and the expanding light of spring. But I wonder tonight what grows in this stillness. Perhaps it’s only the mosquitoes hunting for the first time this year, or the Diptera that will be rising and falling along the river’s edge tomorrow morning."
I Love Blueberries…Don’t You?
Blueberry, by Diane Lockward Deep-blue hue of the body, silvery bloom on its skin. Undersized runt of a fruit, like something that failed to thrive, dented top a fontanel. Lopsided globe. A temperate zone. Tiny paradox, tart and sweet, homely but elegant afloat in sugar and cream, baked in a…
If they liked him any more…
...maybe they’d take away his parking space, too. What is it with Republican Governors these days. Especially, Republican Governors with national aspirations. It's almost as if they can't walk and chew gum at the same time. Even members of their own party have noticed. And it seems as if they…
Fireflies
Last night I wandered out with a glass of wine after an evening of rain. Lightning was still flashing to the south. The ground was wet, the trees were still dripping...Yet as I stood there in my backyard what did I see? Fireflies. just a couple wandering around a couple…
