Archive for March, 2008

If you use a feed reader…

Go to my site today! I’ve changed the layout again. If you see big blank white areas in the sidebars, it’s probably because you have adblock (of course you have adblock – how do people survive the internet without it?). If you’d rather see ads than white space, go to tools -> adsense -> whitelist […]

am i a hippy now?

When you consider something like death, after which (there being no news flash to the contrary) we may well go out like a candle flame, then it probably doesn’t matter if we try too hard, are awkward sometimes, care for one another too deeply, are excessively curious about nature, are too open to experience, enjoy […]

berry go round 2

The second edition of Berry Go Round is up at Further Thoughts. I’m not in it this time, but it’s still fantastic. So go get your plant lovin’ on! My two favorites are this post with incredible pictures of fiddleheads and this detective story about the sandpaper plant.

who’s gonna die?

Nothofagus dombeyi, or coihue, is a large tree that grows in the Andes. In the late 90s, northern Patagonia was hit with a pretty severe drought that killed many of these trees. So what was the difference between the trees that kicked it and the trees that are still going strong? Some trees constantly live […]