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Sunscreen experiment #1 is a success, in that I got a result. I used the sunscreen three days in a row on my left arm and two days on the back of my neck, and by Day 5 I had developed the beginning of the rash. It's not red and itchy yet, and I wonder if that might be because I didn't manage to get a lot of strong sun exposure; the weather was ( Read more... )

Greetings from my dad's garden...


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Happy solstice! Wherever you are, I hope you get the sun you're longing for or the cool rain you've been craving.

It may continue for a few months to be as hot and dry here as it's already been, but now gradually the sun will not be getting up so early. I look forward to not having my eyes burned out on the way to my 8:00 class every morning.


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(New icon: this is Clyde Langer. He is pleased.)

At the bookstore Friday, I also picked up a shrubs & vines field guide I've been coveting for years and two games: Bananagrams (a sort of freestyle Scrabble) and Rory's Story Cubes (like the Harold & the Purple Crayon game but with dice and no drawing). I was thinking I could use Bananagrams in my ( Read more... )

Sunflowers are so simple in their complexity. They have a pattern that repeats everywhere you look, from infancy to adulthood. I recently learned the probable reason I find this so thrilling. For more on that, and one of the most beautiful short films I've ever seen, see Nature by Numbers by Cristobal Vila. (Thanks for the rec, padawanpooh!)

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( Things in late summer sunlight. Rated PG for grasshopper lovin' )

Today I sat around in my underwear watching Stargate, knitting and eating popsicles. All day. I honestly have no idea how I accomplished this, but I think the important thing is that I did. I think it was good for me. I didn't even *make* a list until 4 p.m.

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A little late here...
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