TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

I've just finished watching this eight-part series streaming on Apple TV, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  The storyline is quite straightf...

I own some vacant land in northern Minnesota - not fancy lakeshore, just woods and scrub brush with some wetlands - inherited from my father...

Excerpts from an article in The New York Times : The syndrome refers to a constellation of conditions and symptoms that become more prevalen...

" At about 9 pm a stranger knocked on the door then pulled out this small metal thing and held it up to the door for awhile before see...

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The embedded image is a screencap from a title gif at The New York Times . For thousands of years, the glaciers were replenished with ice in...

Excerpts from the transcript of an As It Happens podcast: A couple in Nova Scotia are desperately seeking a match for their five year old G...

Excerpts from the transcript of an As It Happens podcast: Later this month, the Federal Government will apologize for the mass slaughter of...

Puya raimondii , also known as the Queen of the Andes (English), titanka and ilakuash (Quechua) or puya de Raimondi (Spanish), is the larges...

As reported by Bloomberg : Arguably the most famous artwork of the past decade has found a new buyer. Comedian , a sculpture by the artist M...

I'm too busy right now to spend time blogging, but couldn't resist adding these two photos that were shortlisted for the Close-up Ph...

Posted for my family in Asheville, whose home avoided major damage, but whose community is devastated. And I'll add this video of a lake...

In recent years, solar projects have multiplied in remote communities in several Amazonian countries , mainly with funding from civil societ...

My rule of thumb: if it's a David Attenborough video, it's worth blogging. BTW, if you've never used the "fullscreen...

... if you have a love or fascination for the natural world.  This video from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute documents the dis...