Bidens Alba is forage for honeybees
Let it grow. Do NOT “weed” it out of your yard!
Is the Monarch Butterfly Yet Another Canary in the Coal Mine?
I said it would be a bit before I wrote another post. But three weeks ago I saved the article linked here from the New York Times, that the Monarch had been added to the Endangered Species list. You will be shocked and disturbed (I hope) to read the decline in the population of the […]
We need to take a hiatus for a bit now
When I started this site almost three months ago, I had no idea how much work even writing the short posts would take. There have been over 75 posts now. I already have notes for over 32 more posts already. I think we’ve done well, sharing interesting times and even valuable information. But I do […]
Cofounding the Amnesty International Chapter in Miami and the Death Penalty
I met Nita Manitzas in the late 1970s. I have searched my records and cannot find anything to help me remember how we met. I do know it led to a very important change in my ethical, moral and political philosophy. Nita was a scholar of contemporary Latin American politics. I could not find anything […]
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Miccosukee Tribe
By now you know I spent almost 2 years on a research team in the Everglades in the 1960s. We would take off for the Cottonmouth Camp Cabin research station (see the African Queen post) from the Shark Observation Tower on US 41, the Tamiami Trail, near the flood control dams and the 40 Mile […]
English is a HARD language for Furriners to learn
My readers should know by now that I was an anthropologist. I think I enjoyed Linguistics more than anything in that field of study. I was also a student of Russian back then, and recently made the acquaintance of a new friend born in Moscow. It has set me on the path of recovering my […]
Why I don’t use plastic bags at the grocery store
I had a business trip to Nevada. It was in Las Vegas. To make the trip bearable, I needed to take advantage of seeing the natural wonders of Nevada for the first time while there. I would not have gone otherwise! We rented a car to go to the Valley of Fire State Park. It […]
Chuck Mitchell
I knew a lot of folk singers in the 60s and 70s. I was friends with many of them. I regret as much as anything having lost touch with so many people over the years. I have spoken of publishing The PaPeR, an underground newspaper in Miami in the late 60s. Many friends gave me […]
I Was Santa Claus for Winn Dixie
When in college I drove a yellow and white 1953 Packard, complete with the swan hood ornament (Ask the man who owns one!). It had the flat straight-8 engine. Like so many cars I owned and loved in those years, I could not afford its last fatal repair. I had bought it from a kid […]
Why Do You Think They Called them Heavenly Blue and Pearly Gates?
My friends and I in the ’60’s never went “on to” (marijuana is a gateway drug, my ass!) cocaine, heroin or so called “hard” stuff, but anything psychedelic was fair game. A high school friend, Craig, and I read that morning glory seeds could get you high. They were probably poisonous as well. That did […]