Category Archives: garden

A Hungry Carnival of Birds

Stuffed birds aren’t always in museums. Sometimes they’re perched in trees, crammed to the tops of their crops. They get sleepy, their heads tilt and eyes glaze over; they are simply stupefied by gluttony. Drawing songbirds through the scope is … Continue reading

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Why I Never Write

I’m in a post-show phase here where I’m out of stuff to really talk about, although I manage to pop onto Facebook about once a day and quack, which is what I think one does when one isn’t tweeting. I … Continue reading

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Greetings from Science Island

I’m enjoying the balmy, palmy tropical island of Barro Colorado, Panama, once again and trying to get back my “BCI Happy Legs” as Mike the Ant Man likes to call it. BCI is up-and-down-up-and-down and anywhere you want to walk … Continue reading

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