BurningbirdThe Missouri summer has moved in, with weather in the 80’s, humid, and rich. I’ve moved my walks to the morning, when it’s still cool. Come July and August, even mornings won’t help and that’s when you take the deep, canyon and river hikes. I went to the zoo to check out the new Fragile […]
Wayback Machine has copy of this story with comments Last week I had an email from a person writing an anger management manual, who wanted permission to quote my old posts about using anger as a weapon against helplessness. In the posts, I wrote about Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman’s research into a cause of depression he termed […]
Thanks to Yule (who says it’s all Maria’s fault) I discovered that I’m Percy Bysshe Shelley in the “What famous Romantic Poet are you” quiz–not my favorite poet, but somewhat appropriate considering the name. In response, Yule wrote in comments: No kidding! On the other hand, the poet Shelley’s full name never ceases to remind me of a […]
Chapter 1: When you’re satisfied with how your test functions to a web application such as Flickr are working and you then move to encapsulate the code into a reusable form, make sure you follow Simple Rule #1: rather than spending a considerable amount of time hacking, tearing apart, and picking to pieces the code […]
I thought I would share a photo of Missouri’s colorful flora. Yes, you never know what exotic bloom you’ll come upon when out walking in these hills. This silk floral lei was hanging from a tree in the middle of the forest that surrounds the Illinois end of the the Chain or Rocks Bridge. For […]