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A few pix of animals from our Yosemite trip, appropriate today because it has just been announced by IUCN that one in every four mammal species in the world is in trouble – and could disappear from the face of … Continue reading
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Thank you to all the folk who were ahead of their time – even ahead of some folk who live in our times – and decided to stop the logging and the mountain sheep-herding that would have devastated this place … Continue reading
The pix above is younger daughter holding the cone of a sugar pine in Yosemite. They grow things big there, remember? The white bits you can see on the cone are pieces of resin and they have a glorious smell. … Continue reading
‘Here’s some dictionary definitions of the word “maverick”: A lone dissenter, as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates. One that refuses to abide by the dictates of or … Continue reading
Back in the early 90s, my husband and I were in a place Ghardaia, in the Saharan desert of Algeria, a town founded in 1048 AD. It was here that I found the idea for part of the Random Rain … Continue reading
This week is banned books week, according to the American Library Association (all info and pix via Bibliobibuli). Malaysia loves to ban books – even harmless ones like a book on Chinese teapots or Bob Squarepants (see here) with an … Continue reading
Dunno what hour of the day it is, and I am not sure what day of the week either – but at least I am home. Thirty-five hours from door to door… So now it’s time to sort through the … Continue reading
And I am at Changi airport, Singapore. My flight out in the morning has been cancelled so my 7 hour layover will be longer than expected. I won’t know til the counter opens at 4.30 a.m. what time I get … Continue reading
I am off back to Malaysia today. Saying goodbye to second daughter and venturing into the wilds of LAX to see if this time I can get through the queues (because I have a paper ticket) and the security in … Continue reading
We have big trees in my state in Australia. There’s a giant karri that has a firewatching tower near the top. It is 201 ‘ or 61 m tall. I have climbed it, in fact. It was one very scary … Continue reading