“After 50 days of drought and clear skies, one more wouldn’t have been too much to ask!”
Category: climate, environment
On and In Extinction
I am living a few hundred feet above a scar, a surface representing the worst disaster ever inflicted on planet Earth.

Transnational science
While presidents threaten each other’s countries with nuclear obliteration, or repress and starve and bombard their own citizens, other humans of more constructive character Continue reading “Transnational science”
The Loss of the Flies
It’s deep autumn, and maybe we feel like a holiday to Continue reading “The Loss of the Flies”
Snakes in the sky and in cages
Serpens the snake – the only constellation in two separated parts, head on the right or west, tail on the east – wriggles Continue reading “Snakes in the sky and in cages”
Three meanings of Vega
As summer ends, the Summer Triangle tilts over toward the west.

Sun Showers and Sunshine Floods
I often, beside the sea, used to gaze out at curtains of rain under clouds, like a skate under a foot.
Groundhog Day weather
Good morning, Tor, it’s your twelfth birthday, and also Continue reading “Groundhog Day weather”
The Moon Squeezed Largest
Venice and the Feast of the First Full Moon
The first time I came to this island universe was by walking, along the bridge over the void Continue reading “Venice and the Feast of the First Full Moon”
