The Nightly Light Show
Sorry, fireworks enthusiasts, but I do not understand your passion for the loud and smoky. I grant you, they’re beautiful – but the rest of it leaves me unimpressed. I would far rather watch the quiet, gentle light show in my back yard. As I go about my random outdoor tasks here at the unlikely [...]
The Beetle Battle
I go on and on about this on Twitter, so I’m sure those who follow the airynd Twitter account are sick of it, but I tell you what, man – these critters are consuming roughly three to four hours of my day, so I think about them quite a bit. While I take no pleasure [...]
The Time, My How It Flies
Holy wow, people – there’s been so much I’ve wanted to share, but so little time to do it! Maintaining this garden could easily be a full-time job, but I already have one of those, so it has to take a sad little back seat. The truly frustrating thing right now is I’m spending about [...]
Invasion!
I knew it would happen – only a matter of time, really. CRITTERS IN MY GARDEN! Thursday, I found animal tracks (looked like the fox, and perhaps a good-sized raccoon) as well as flea beetles on the tater plants and a lone cucumber beetle on one of the cukes. An aphid on a tomato plant! [...]
One Innocuous Little Box
It was sitting on our front porch when we got home last night – tiny, almost too small to be noticed. It looks so innocent, doesn’t it? But what wonders it holds! How much work could such a teeny little box require? It’s no bigger than a handpie. Completely harmless. They wrap the seed packets [...]
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Now Reading
Planned books:
- Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry
- The Lovely Bones by Sebold Alice
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Luka and the Fire of Life: A Novel by Salman Rushdie
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Current books:
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The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry by Wendell Berry
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Vintage) by Stieg Larsson
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Poachers: Stories by Tom Franklin
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Song of Ice and Fire Set: A Game of Thrones, a Clash of Kings, a Storm of Swords, a Feast for Crows, by George R. R. Martin
Recent books:
- Ill Wind by Nevada Barr
- A Superior Death (An Anna Pigeon Novel) by Nevada Barr
- Track of the Cat by Nevada Barr
- Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter. by Tom Franklin by Tom Franklin
- Safe from the Sea by Peter Geye
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