Recent Entries
Transfigured or Disfigured?
One of my rare trips to town - a pretty main street lined with trees and shops stuffed with christmassy crap. Footpath littered with the detritus of h... read more
Odd Insects.
wow, it's a long time since I wrote anything. the trouble is dial-up. my line is so slow it can take several minutes for Blogster to come up. and I'm ... read more
This Popped Out of the Lawn
Warm and moist weather encourages all sorts of things -- mosquitoes for a start. This year we've had a plague of tiny ticks -- too small to see withou... read more
A Termite Extension
Today after a bit of rain I noticed one of the termite mounds in the garden was putting on an extension. A dark bulge of moist clay had been construct... read more
We're Being Monitored
The other day another large python came to an abrupt end as it was attempting to hypnotise my favourite hen. I buried it about 50 cm deep under a cara... read more
Our Toxic World
Hans has spent the afternoon discovering that the reasons for substantial rises in the incidence of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, attention deficit disorder, ... read more
Organ Transplants
All human activity has consequences, and it is dangerous to ignore them. With regard to organ transplants, one consequence is the abduction of young m... read more
The Purpose of Women.
Yesterday I passed a couple of middle-aged women at a stall handing out free pamphlets from the Department of Health. They were having trouble with th... read more
Isn't Nature Grand?
It’s always those who live in cities and buy all their food from shops who are the most outspoken conservationists and protectors of wild animals. F... read more
St. Valentine's Day
Saint Valentine or Saint Valentinus was supposedly a Christian martyr, but no one knows anything about his life. Used to be celebrated by the church ... read more
