Fearful Symmetries

I happened upon a squirrel breaking its fast. If only I was a  mycologist.

After having been given a lesson on making pie crust, specifically rye pie crust, I made one solo for the first time. Just like the last on...

I saw this Studebaker the other day. From the mid-50s?

Last night it was Call of Cthulhu brought to you by Schlenkerla . I shall be running The Mirror Collection at Gamehole Con and this was an...

Piper! Sky. 

We played The Crew  which I had played once before a few years back at Gamehole Con . It was great fun and I got to meet some new people. It...

I heard a sandhill crane's squawk earlier so I went outside to see if the bird was anywhere to be seen. While it was not, this chipmunk,...

Yesterday evening I cooked Romanian for what is surely the first time in my life. The menu was simple but intriguing: stuffed celeriac. I sk...

2025 began on a foreboding note: my wife didn't make Hoppin' John. Divorce has brought about many unexpected things.  By the numbers...

There is a winter solstice tradition which begins with writing down on paper what you want to see banished from your life. Once your bonfire...

I got off to a late start this morning so my walk was somewhat abbreviated. The blue heron was down the street but I was unable to get a dec...

Me: Who is your cell provider? Youngest stepson: Ting, it's an online one Me: If I'm gonna die for a word, that word is poonting. I ...

We have a Keurig at work and whenever I brew #2 it emits this burst of staccato grinding noises that sounds a lot like the opening of "...

So my brot didn't exactly turn out as I had hoped. Oops! Ha! It tastes fine, though. Oddly enough, it isn't super-dense and rib-stic...

Trane! I heard this on a soundtrack recently and it brought back memories of hearing it for the first time when I was heading home from Waun...

I busted out the breadmaker this morning. Flipping through the manual, I came across a recipe for Russian black bread and figured I'd gi...