FOTD – Cee’s Flower of the Day This Easter Lily has a (literal) back story. Waking up this morning in the middle of a snowstorm was (I admit) a bit jarring. Not that I trust the weather anyway, but my… Read More ›
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THE CASE OF THE CURSED ICE RINK
A New Perry Mason Adventure, by Earle Stanley Paschall It looks like the famed defense lawyer was not going to get this criminal off the hook. The charges were not only quite serious, but the crime was cruel and sadistic…. Read More ›
IF WE DON’T FIX THE CLIMATE, THE REST OF OUR ISSUES WON’T MATTER
Fandango’s Provocative Question #99 Fandango wants to know what the three biggest issues facing us are. We are in a pretty big mess on many levels. Our government is emerging from four-years of beyond-incompetent failure of leadership. Racism has not merely… Read More ›
CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTH CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
We don’t need scientists to explain climate change to us. We can see it all around us. The rivers are dry with their muddy bottoms showing. Fall came weeks early and blew away a week later. The winds which normally… Read More ›
PARENTAL ORANGE CARDINALS AND A BIG TEENAGE FLEDGLING
The things that go on in my backyard. My word. The birds have relationships! And babies! My wounded three-legged squirrel is beginning to look healthier, albeit one of his rear legs is not working. He does seem to be managing,… Read More ›
OCTOBER IS JUST STARTING, BUT IT FEELS OVER
A Photo a Week Challenge: October Usually we get all the leaf color changes in October, but this year, because of the drought, it showed up in September. So although this is the beginning of October, the color and the pictures… Read More ›
SEPTEMBER’S FINAL PHOTO
Last photo for September 2020 – bushboys world This has been the kind of year where when it finally leaves, we’ll double-lock the door behind it. Please, 2020, don’t come back! I tend to leave my last CD card in… Read More ›
EARLY FOLIAGE ON OUR ROAD AND A STRANGE CONVERSATION
We went down to the river today because usually, the brightest colors of the season are along the water. You can often tell where the water is from a distance. Look for the scarlet and orange maple trees. This time,… Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASON – AUGUST 2020
The Changing Seasons, August 2020 So here we are with summer about to end. It’s Labor Day next weekend. Time to start school. Oh, wait, there is no school. Well, maybe there will be so crunchy leaves underfoot, if only we… Read More ›
ALWAYS AUTUMN
Fandango’s Dog Days of August #28: LOVING AUTUMN New England has always been the best place in the world to see the colors of Autumn. We have always had “bad” autumnal years. There can be too much rain or an… Read More ›
SUMMER? FEH.
5 Things I Hate About Summer I lived for 9 years in Jerusalem. It’s hot in Israel and temperatures, during a bad chamseen, could hit 110 or more. A chamseen is a sand-filled wind that blows up from the Sahara…. Read More ›
LIVING THROUGH A DROUGHT
It hasn’t rained in weeks and it has been very hot. The trees are dropping green leaves which is a very unhealthy sign for the trees. It means that the roots are dying and many of these trees will die… Read More ›
