Gleaning

Back in college when funds were scarce and all things anti-establishment worth doing, I used to sneak into the dumpsters behind…

The First Circus, 1921

Actually 2 films mistakenly catalogued together, The First Circus is the work of German American puppeteer and illustrator Tony Sarg,…

In 1928, William Beebe and his fellow members of the Department of Tropical Research of the New York Zoological Society…

Is there anything more satisfying than growing something from seed? We’ll see. I’ve just planted wild flowers in my front…

My favorite thing about this book is that it’s co-authored. There’s something about a co-authoring that lends a certain type…

There’s a bad case of dread going around. And it’s pretty infectious. I see one article on social about how…

Is there a more beautiful compound in the English language than birdsong? The word is itself intoxicating and just saying…

On recent evening stroll, I noticed a healthy Japanese Knotweed plant growing in front of a townhouse in my Upper…

Very little is written, or at least very little writing still exists about the Velocera, an Italian coasting ship. This…

It was estimated that 1,250,0000 butterflies passed a given point every minute of daylight. And the flight continued for 18 days.