ladybugs

Yet another sign than autumn is here: I wake up to a (very small) infestation of ladybugs in our bedroom. Only two so far that I’ve found, but they seem to be hanging around me (or my lamp) more than I find desirable. Now I’m sure that if I peek in the basement window-well, the Continue reading ladybugs

Scenery elsewhere

I’m not the only one appreciating the out-of-doors in a blogly manner today… It’s been that kind of day Life in paradise. If it’s clear where you are, tonight’s a good one to go out and spot Andromeda, the galaxy. It’s a rough twin of the Milky Way, about six moons wide, and the farthest Continue reading Scenery elsewhere

leaf

The leaves outside are golden and green and orange and bronze, and now I realize that there are a couple of generations that are coming after me that do not at all associate the scent of burning leaves with autumn. I’m definitely for cleaner air, but I still believe that something good has been lost Continue reading leaf

laws.

Interesting. It Should Make Your Skin Creep From the most recent edition of CRYPTO-GRAM comes this: The Patriot Act and Mission Creep One of the problems with laws is that the crimes that justify their passage are not always the crimes they are used against. In the United States, the RICO (Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations) Continue reading laws.