Back in December when I was in New York City for a week, I spent a bit of time in Union Square. I met some interesting people busking there, and a really nice fellow who does a blog/podcast made a recording of me there on the spot. It's unedited and bit rambly, but I don't have any recent recordings, and I actually kind of like it, which never ( Read more... )

I can't write much, it's still too fresh: Two headless birds, the last just missing. Raccoon. Dug under the fence, a hole smaller than a chick would have needed to get out. This after a week of trying not to kill myself. No choice at all but to go to work.

Will I try again?

The one ripped apart, entrails on the ground, hard-taloned toes limp.

Finally starting to make some progress. I just have the most intense ADD when it comes to projects, so that I can only get 5 trees planted before I go and look for a tool, and end up spending two hours cleaning and organizing the garage. Net result: All trash removed, found some really useful hand-tools, and there's a wooden goose plaque wearing ( Read more... )

I walked the paths and back-woods to Forest Home Drive and then up through the Plantations to campus. Saw seven ducks in Fall Creek and something like a turkey-tail mushroom (but growing on a box elder ( Read more... )