My favorite online news source, Salon, tipped me to a grim tale from the depths of the blogosphere. It seems that Kathy Sierra, prominent...

Momentarily sated by last week’s Texas birding bonanza, I undertook this week’s travels with neither binoculars nor camera. Carting all that gear through airport...

you’ll find Tangled Bank #76 over at Balanced Life a tasty treat indeed! You won’t actually get to enjoy any mangoes, but there’s plenty...

The idiomatic expression “for the birds“ is common enough to crop up in everyday conversation. One hears it all the time: “This pizza is...

One endearing, some might say redeeming trait of sparrows is how the mix of species transforms dramatically based on geography and ecosystem. Sparrows,at least...

Happy Belated Swallows Day! On March 24, San Juan Capistrano celebrated the annual Fiesta de las Golondrinas or Festival of the Swallows. Timed to...

Ah, grace… Amazing, isn’t it, and sweet sounding too! Grace, defined as elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action, is a quality...

I’ve made it to Texas. Yee-haw! The first thing I noticed as I touched down at DFW was how pretty the grounds are, at...