More Fat Plants

by | Nov 23, 2014 | Blooming Now

 As promised, the other fat plant, pachypodium baronii, that was due to bloom, did, and this is what it looks like. Similar to the pachypodium lealii saundersii, but a whiter flower and some difference in the spines. And you can see the thick body that qualifies...
One More Rite of Passage Into Old Age

One More Rite of Passage Into Old Age

by | Nov 21, 2014 | Bright Lights

So. Both eyes are free of cataracts now. What can I say? Well, for one thing, thank you, God, for doctors who figured out the surgery in the first place that allows me to keep my sight. I have always heard that the question is not if you get cataracts, but when you...
Channeling Roger Ebert: Interstellar

Channeling Roger Ebert: Interstellar

by | Nov 13, 2014 | Bright Lights

I had three hours to kill one evening on my last trip to the lake last week and decided to take in the newly released movie Interstellar. If you like psychological sci-fi on a grand scale minus any creature costumes, you will probably like this movie. Who am I...