The site of Richard III’s last battle has finally been located… Bonnerichthys, a giant plankton eating fossil fish has been identified as a sort of piscine missing link And finally, also in the long-lost category, a small European rodent has the same diet as many sauropods Knowledge for knowledge’s sake is sometimes okay!
Month: February 2010
Writer’s Block – Thinker’s Block?
I am struggling to revise the BIG PAPER from last quarter which, as I re-read it, shows just how little I know and just how little I am changing! I am supposed to revise the paper to incorporate new information and ideas from this quarter… and I find that there are so many redundancies that […]
Stidkid #2, first guitar solo
This was at a fundraiser for a friend’s church. I helped a little. I am very proud of him for wanting to help his friends, and impressed with his guitar playing. First time he had tried this — I hope it won’t be his last! And this is stidkid#1 and his grandmother, who were about […]
February…
For a month now, I have noticed the catkins on the hazelnut (filbert) bushes in the yard. They have been a bright spot in the landscape. The witchhazel flowers have greeted me as I have gone in and out the front door, and now I notice swelling buds on the red-flowering currants again. I haven’t […]