Note that Eliyahu may come by his reticence to use modern technology for good reason. Last week, Israel's chief rabbis decided that even in this plague-ridden year (2020), video-conferencing is subject to the usual ban on the holiday use of electronics.
A blogsite offering entertaining daily oddities since January 2020. There are now over fifteen hundred posts in these four years. Images -- photographic, computer-simulated and poetic -- are drawn from daily life as well as from poems and wordplay grouped by topic on our parent blog "Edifying Nonsense". The poetry displayed is all original (as are the song-lyrics), although portions evolved through rigorous editing on a collaborative website.
April 14, 2022
APR 14, mythed opportunities: Eliyahu (the prophet Elijah)
Note that Eliyahu may come by his reticence to use modern technology for good reason. Last week, Israel's chief rabbis decided that even in this plague-ridden year (2020), video-conferencing is subject to the usual ban on the holiday use of electronics.
April 13, 2022
APR 13, braincheck: bitemporal hemianopsia
You can check your knowledge of brain structure and function in health and disease by reviewing our entire collection of illustrated verses on this topic. To review 'BRAINCHECK' on topic-oriented blog "Edifying Nonsense", click HERE.
April 12, 2022
APR 12, mammalian wildlife: resurgent sea otters
Elkhorn Slough, at Moss Landing CA, an inlet of Monterey Bay, has become, with protective measures enforced, a bathtub for once-endangered sea otters. If you are lucky enough to visit in April, as we were, you may get to see the pups being toured about by their moms. Attention is drawn to these gentle marine mammals, seemingly at play, as viewed from our rental kayak. If you prefer, there is a larger tour-boat. Other species of wildlife now abound in and near the waters and in the pastoral setting of the adjacent uplands, the latter having been developed a century ago for dairy farming. The fishing port of Moss Landing is still the site of a power plant that has dominated the skyline for decades, but is currently being partly dismantled.
Elkhorn Slough is teeming with sea otters |
terns on poles in the Slough |
harbor seals find this a good place to nap |
view over the Elkhorn Slough from the National Estuarine Research Reserve |
touring the uplands on an informative guided walk |
banner at the Elkhorn Reserve |
California poppies |
The author with fishing buddies at the entrance to an incredible seafood restaurant |
the beach at the local State Park, only a few feet from the restaurant |
April 11, 2022
APR 11, exotic destination: Fort Ord National Monument
April 10, 2022
APR 10, a brief singable saga: Anglo-Latin (and -Greek)
April 9, 2022
APR 9, excursions: the windy (SanFrancisco) peninsula
April 8, 2022
April 7, 2022
APR 7, excursion: Point Lobos Natural Reserve, California
tide-pool |
tide-pool |