Each generation has strengths (and it has weaknesses). Each generation becomes what it becomes during the time its members were children, and during the time in which they come of age.
We have now…
An impromptu day trip to Rehoboth Beach yielded good news and bad news.
The bad news first: not a soul was in the water more than to their ankles. Jelly fish. I thought, foolishly,…
If you're in the Maryland-ish area and have experienced a number of Big Summer Maryland Rains in the last couple-few weeks, you're probably also seeing a lot of mushrooms pop all over the…
I'm sure plans are already underway.
Somewhere, someone--or many someone's--are developing businesses, both online and brick-n-mortar, for selling some of the culinary delights World Cup attendees are experiencing while in America.
There will…
Much is spoken on the importance of drinking water and staying hydrated, particularly when at Burning Man.
And that's good advice
Getting sufficient electrolytes in ya is equally good advice. And, for that, some made-…
I've been chatting the last day or so with someone curious about (but a little wary) of attending Frostburn, a regional burn in West Virginia and held in mid-February. Along the way, this…
A good decade-plus or so ago, I created a packing list for those going to Burning Man called "Surviving Burning Man: A Packing List for First-Timers."
The list is published as a Google spreadsheet,…
Finally! After many attempts, over quite a few years, to create a toad house, I finally have a resident. Or at least a visitor.
While I've cobbled together many large rocks, planks and whatnot…
Squishing Colorado potato beetles and larvae by hand.
Dumping slugs and tomato hornworm caterpillars in buckets of water.
Putting the iridescent, invasive jumping worms (these things are DEVASTATING for your soil's health) in containers to…
I remember sorta liking the Key & Peele show--which ran 53 episodes across five seasons from 2012 to 2015--when it was first produced.
I watched some shows. Laughed a bit. Didn't pay it much…
I don't recall exactly why I decided to take a typing class in high school. Maybe it was because it wouldn't add to my academic-class load: a load which was rather high. Maybe…