Feathers of HopeA weblog on nature and place, the design arts, critters, and baseball...Heading East, Again- May 25, 2005 We're off on a trip to the southeast, to see Nicole and Mike and birds and Fred. Blogging will be sporadic. The cats will be left in the wonderful care of Becky, of crow fame, who will now be able...http://www.magpienest.org/feathersofhope/archives/2005/05/24/heading_east_aga.html Middle Course- May 24, 2005 The Senate this afternoon reached a compromise over the filibuster standoff. Hard-liners on both sides are decrying it, which I suppose means it was a good day for moderation. Anyway, how can one not be a little pleased when Michelle...http://www.magpienest.org/feathersofhope/archives/2005/05/23/middle_course.html Another Blogger Meetup- May 23, 2005 Today was one of those perfect San Francisco days: warm, sunny, nothing more than a light breeze. We drove to Vallejo and took the ferry over. It is such a peaceful way to enter a city, by boat. And...http://www.magpienest.org/feathersofhope/archives/2005/05/22/another_blogger_.html Gremlins- May 22, 2005 You know you got 'em when the electrical igniter for the gas stove top starts clicking away every couple of seconds of its own accord with nobody around to have influenced things. Helpless renters that we are (there's a reason...http://www.magpienest.org/feathersofhope/archives/2005/05/21/gremlins.html Expanding Vista- May 21, 2005 There's been an Airstream trailer outside our back door for the past three months. The landlord's son who keeps bees has needed a lot of extra help getting new hives built, honey extracted, and bees trucked around the valley (it's...http://www.magpienest.org/feathersofhope/archives/2005/05/20/expanding_vista.html Rule Creep- May 20, 2005 Back in 1982 Douglas Hofstadter in his Scientific American column Metamagical Themas described a game called Nomic which was invented by philosopher Peter Suber. Nomic is a game where play consists of modifying its own rules. Initially rules changes have...http://www.magpienest.org/feathersofhope/archives/2005/05/19/rule_creep.html Presence- May 19, 2005 Sometimes you hear someone and you know after about three sentences you had really better pay attention because what they're saying is so important and ruthlessly close to what real is for you and for everyone and for the world...http://www.magpienest.org/feathersofhope/archives/2005/05/18/presence.html Capricious Deities- May 18, 2005 I knew better than to gloat here that the Yankees were tied for last place in the AL East, with a winning percentage of about .370. So I didn't — but the baseball gods didn't keep their end of the...http://www.magpienest.org/feathersofhope/archives/2005/05/17/capricious_deiti.html Caterpillaration- May 17, 2005 The painted ladies we saw in their thousands a few weeks ago have disappeared, but on Thursday I noticed hundreds of caterpillars on a section of the bike path between here and campus. Same on Friday. They're dark gray, spiky...http://www.magpienest.org/feathersofhope/archives/2005/05/16/caterpillaration.html |