The NY Times brings us the sad news of the death of Don Herbert, early television’s “Mr. Wizard.” The geek in me is proud to admit that “Watch Mr. Wizard” was one of my favorite shows as a kid. In my book it ranked right up there with “Sky King” and “Rin Tin Tin.”
Author: Reid Farmer
More Piles
Henry Chappell, Chas Clifton, Darren Naish and Rebecca O’Connor fall into our cunning trap!
Meeting Chas
Last Saturday I was finally able to meet Chas Clifton face to face at a book signing here in Denver for his new work, Her Hidden Children. Chas of course, lives just down the road in Pueblo, and is an estimable member blogger of our community here. After the event we were able to duck …
The Black Cherokee
In one of the first posts I did here I talked about the Black Cherokee, descendents of slaves owned by the Cherokee prior to the Civil War. After they were freed, they stayed affiliated with the tribe in Oklahoma and many were accepted onto tribal rolls. Today’s NY Times has an editorial titled “The Shame …
Happy Anniversary
It just occurred to me that today is the second anniversary of this blog.
Goats Love Kudzu
I couldn’t pass up this piece in the NY Times on the city of Chattanooga’s use of goats to control kudzu, that invasive vine that grows a foot a day and that covers large areas of the South. Us native Southerners have kudzu as part of our heritage, along with grits and barbecue.
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Pacific?
The NY Times and LA Times and all the wire services are carrying the story today of chicken bones recovered from an archaeological site in Chile that have been radiocarbon dated to between 1304 and 1424. DNA analysis shows that the chickens come from a breed common in Polynesian islands, which indicates they were brought …
Another New Acquaintance
As I said in an earlier post, as the season progresses, we are learning more about the denizens of our garden. Like this columbine on the south side of the house.
Hail Yes
A short-lived but very intense thunderstorm hit us yesterday afternoon, dropping hail that you can see all over our deck here. Garden and trees all seem to have come through pretty well and the cars were in the garage. Half an hour after I took this picture the sky was clear, the sun was shining …
Book Piles and Bookshelves
It’s tough keeping up with Steve and Dr. Hypercube but here goes. This is my nightstand pile. This is a bedside pile that should be classified as re-reads. When I was eight, the son of a friend of my grandmother’s left for college and gave me his science fiction book collection. It included these hard-cover …