Thoughts and sketches on humans, nature, running, and the end of the world
Pete, the oldest gorilla at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, and one of the oldest western lowland gorillas in North America, died 2 days ago. He was 50 years old and had been in Woodland Park since 1969. He was the great great-grandfather of Yola, the youngest gorilla at the zoo. I had...
About 100 billion years from now, all but the closest of galaxies will be dragged away by the swelling space at faster-than-light speed and so would be impossible for us to see, regardless of the power of telescopes used. If these ideas are right, then in the far future the universe will be a...
Summer night. The yard shines with fireflies. It was a relaxing week-end like I haven’t spent in a long time. Guilt over mid-year appraisals yet to finish. Just remember to breathe....
Tonight we had a lightning storm and Scott convinced me to get my camera and to take pictures of the storm from the sunroom. He had also set up a tent just in case I wanted to do some sunroom camping. So, I took this picture lying in the tent in the sunroom....
