Quick! Get me those leather stockings!
It’s 0.1 degrees, and I’ve got to drive a state vehicle to Cooperstown today. If there’s no heat, I’m going...
Ice
It is bone-chillingly cold here, and if you’ve never lived in a cold clime and don’t know what that means,...
When Giants Strode the Earth
The creator of the Jackalope has died. I’m going to need a moment.
The Polenta Incident
No idea what to do for supper last night; we’ve eaten everything in our repertoire, twice. Then polenta springs to...
Time to alienate some people
Two things: war and cats.Listen, there’s plenty about this administration that brings out the libertarian in me. Ashcroft, the Communications...
Geourl.org
The odd thing about blogging is that you really do want people to read what you’ve written, even though you...
Songs by which to take down the Christmas tree
I know, I know, but we’ve been intensely busy, and tired in the evenings. Do you have any idea how...
251 degrees Kelvin. Seriously.
Okay, okay, I know . . . enough with the Kelvin joke. But that’s what makes it bearable, because it’s...
The Unlikely Book Club
Second in a series of books that I wouldn’t have been likely to read: The Virgin of Bennington, by Kathleen...
Ice on the Hudson
The ice breaker came through this morning to try to keep the river open. About an hour later, you couldn’t...