TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

An Astronomy Photo of the Day , from NASA.

How do I get to be 80+ years old and not know basic facts about nature?  This week I learned that dragonflies migrate as far as some birds a...

I didn't know this creature existed.  Saw it mentioned recently and had to go back to a 2019 article by Ed Yong in The Atlantic for an ...

Have I not reviewed this movie before?  I thought I must have, but this week after seeing the above trailer on Facebook I looked for my blog...

"Reawakening" is a remarkably well-performed movie.  Jared Harris and Juliet Stevenson portray a British couple whose 14-year old ...

As reported by The Guardian : A 200-year-old illustrated condom will go on display with Dutch golden age masters in Amsterdam this week, af...

When we moved into our present home 25+ years ago, I spent the better part of three summers grubbing out invasive buckthorn from the small w...

This is an actual documentary about the real world, not a fictional docudrama about an alternative earth.  The trailer is fairly explanatory...

"But in general, take my advice, when you meet anything that's going to be human and isn't yet, or used to be human once and i...

An outstanding example, nicely documented in Marcy O'Connor's absolutely outstanding Prairie Haven blog.  This is one of the photos...

“People using Maps in the U.S. will see ‘Lake America,' those in Canada will continue to see ‘Lake Ontario,’ and those outside of the U....

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I first learned about Elizabeth Bathory 40 years ago when I was researching the manifestations of sleep paralysis in literature and folklor...