Goodbye 2016. It could have been a wonderful year but November 8 ended that. I can’t even console myself by thinking about all the reasons I am fortunate (and with my family and friends I am indeed fortunate). Anthropogenic Climate Change is real and this country just elected a president who is surrounding himself with climate…
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Life in the Bamboo
June, 2015 ~ For the past two months, whenever we’ve been home, I’ve spent about an hour a day wedged in between the stalks of giant “punting pole” bamboo, trying to catch a ladybug in the act of hatching. While I’ve seen it twice, and got passable pictures one of those times, what I really…