I have added a photo section to the silverwarethief website. As I have mentioned elsewhere, I desire to create a true photo blog. But this addition to the silverwarethief website is not that. I’m not entirely sure what this addition to the silverwarethief domain is . . . an experiment, I guess, as are all […]
Siberian Irises at evening.
We have a nature theme today, folks.
If you’d like to read about the kinder aspects of nature, like geese and turtles, you can read a nice little post here.
Filed under Letters.
If you’re interested in learning about more violent out-bursts in nature, discover a vulcanic eruption more deadily than Pompeii by reading here.
File under The Odd […]
Wild geese reproduce at a prolific rate. I have read about how wild Canadian geese populations have become a problem in some areas, their numbers have grown so large.
We don’t have that problem in this neighborhood.
Yet.
But, watching the wild geese that live in this area, I see how it does happen in other areas.
Geese Grazing
Directly […]
1902 eruption of Mount Pelée
You’ve probably heard of the destruction of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, but have you read about the eruption of Mount Pelée in 1902 and the destruction of Saint Pierre?
Probably not.
Do you know which caused greater loss of life? If you said the destruction of Pompeii […]
The New Yorker hasn’t interviewed me, so I got aSeamstress to do it instead.
Gripping in-depth interview right here.
Filed under Letters.
As done by aSeamstress.
1.What is the best piece of advice that you’ve ever been given?
The best advice was from my Dad. Rather than being a piece of advice he has given on one particular occasion it has been his general exhortation to me in life. Distilled down to a pithy saying, it would be something […]
The vultures circle while Søren Kierkegaard and Jean de La Bruyère opine on life.
I had a turkey vulture sighting recently. You can read about it, and see a few pictures, here.
Filed in Letters.
For those interested in fine words of wisdom from the sages:
Søren Kierkegaard on choices, here.
Jean de La Bruyère on the nature of life, […]
One Vulture
I did a double-take. I had just set out on my bike ride and wasn’t even a half mile from the house when I passed the old burned out house and the abandoned barn. As my gaze slid across the barn I half registered something different. Strange shapes–almost like huge bird statues–wait, there is […]
A philosopher says,
I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it — you will regret both.
– Søren Kierkegaard in Either/Or
Trust a philosopher to give you helpful advice.
I have heard […]