On a Lifelong Journey to Learn my Place
Much of the day it rained. I had plenty of work to do today, so I mostly just watched the birds through the windows. It seems as though the junco flock is growing in size. I also noticed several warblers. It was interesting to me that they seemed to frequent the potato plants. This evening … Read more
Last week on a walk, I noticed a foamflower (Tiarella trifoliata) leaf with some leaf miner sign. A closer look revealed the pupa still in the leaf, so I collected it to see if perhaps I could learn what the miner was when the adult emerged. It’s late enough in the season, it seems like … Read more
Download Radio Show The 6 September show featured a conversation with Taylor White, who in recent years has been managing the Sitka Science Center aquarium. I had a chance to visit with her shortly before her departure for graduate school in California. If you have questions or observations you want to share, please feel free … Read more
Rain on the roof last night as I went to sleep seemed like a portent of heavy rains today, given the forecast. However, I woke this morning to quiet. When I looked outside, it was cloudy, but whatever rain had fallen overnight had soaked into the ground or evaporated, as things seemed to be relatively … Read more
I headed out to class at 8 this morning under uniform overcast skies. The cloud deck was high enough that none of the mountains were obscured, though an interesting pile of clouds was draped over Mt. Edgecumbe throughout the day. As far as I could tell, no rain fell in town throughout the day, though … Read more
This morning marked the first class of the fall semester for me. Unlike past semesters when my classes were stacked up to make very busy Tuesdays and Thursdays, I will be teaching Tuesday through Friday from 8am-10am. It’s still two classes, but for various reasons the schedule worked out this way. It will take a … Read more