Cooler temperatures, colorful foliage, festivals, holiday decorating and celebrations. While I don’t love the shorter days nor the back-to-school traffic, Autumn is my favorite time of year. The hummingbirds will soon be making their long trip south to be replaced by pine siskins and warblers at my feeders. At every coffee shop and fast-food restaurant,… Continue reading Fall into Pumpkin Spice Season
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Mourning and Metamorphosis: Butterflies, Biscuit, and Bourbon
Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six hundred minutes. How do you measure a year in the life? (Seasons of Love, RENT). Whether one regards the fleeting life of a butterfly, the tragically limited years of a cherished pet, or the complicated highs and lows of a human lifetime, death is a natural part of all of… Continue reading Mourning and Metamorphosis: Butterflies, Biscuit, and Bourbon
All that glitters is not gold; all that sparkles, might be a cocktail
Another very warm weekend comes to a close and a very busy one with more outside activities than I usually tolerate in August. I competed my first 3D archery tournament with a rough start but an acceptable finish, scoring seven 10s in the max 30 yard class mainly in the second half. I also harvested… Continue reading All that glitters is not gold; all that sparkles, might be a cocktail
Living in the Wild, Wild West
We have been watching the Yellowstone origin story, 1883 this month on Paramount. The nostalgia of playing Oregon Trail in eighth grade (your wagon breaks an axle and you freeze in winter, you forget your limes and die of scurvy, or you neglect to boil your water and succumb to dysentery) is strong with this… Continue reading Living in the Wild, Wild West
Go Fig or Go Home: The Power of Pollination
After an unusually cool spring, summer has finally arrived in North Carolina. With the world’s hottest days breaking records this week, the NC heat and humidity has been insufferable for this native Canadian. Our deck garden has responded to all the rain with a flourish of greenery, though the fruit has been slow to mature.… Continue reading Go Fig or Go Home: The Power of Pollination
Let Freedom Ring! (let the white dove sing)
Let the whole world know that today, is a day of reckoning! It’s Independence Day! Thank you, Martina. After failing seven times in the last week to get Blue Curacao to float on top of sweetened vodka (unwilling to use lemonade as all the online recipes suggest), I have come up with a new recipe… Continue reading Let Freedom Ring! (let the white dove sing)
New York State of Mind
This week was the 155th running of the Belmont Stakes, the third jewel of the Triple Crown of horse racing at Belmont Park, NY. Horse racing has been under the microscope recently with Churchill Downs suspending all racing operations in the wake of an unusually high number of equine fatalities surrounding the Kentucky Derby. As… Continue reading New York State of Mind
Birds, Books, and Bourbon: An introduction to cocktail making, backyard birds and whimsically linked literature.
So I am actually doing it, the scientist non-writer is starting a blog. The one who still insists on reading paperbooks and hardcovers, the feel of paper between my fingertips a tangible part of the immersive experience. In 2020, coming home from work hoarse after a day of conversing through unfamiliar face coverings, the stress… Continue reading Birds, Books, and Bourbon: An introduction to cocktail making, backyard birds and whimsically linked literature.
Birds, Books and Bourbon 