He’s dead, Jim

There’s something quite… surreal about seeing and hearing fighter jets on television, flying over the funeral procession, then hearing and seeing them outside my living room window. Weird.

And completing the trifecta begun with last week comes the announcement of the death of John Vernon, the character actor who we’ve all seen dozens of times… but whose face became famous with his portrayal of  [more...]

There are some foxes here on Communications Hill where I live; last night I was out for a walk and saw the female. She was being fed by one of my neighbors, who also put out a large bowl of water and some dry food for  [more...]