Archive for May, 2009
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
The purple couch beside the road
My 22-year-old stepdaughter has never seen The Red Couch book — perhaps because it was published 25 years ago — yet last weekend on a lark she unknowingly echoed it while visiting West Marin. The Red Couch consists of photos of folks sitting on a red couch that had been taken to unlikely locales throughout [...]
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
A funny thing happened at the car wash Friday & other odd events
My oldest stepdaughter Anika, 22, is about to visit for a week from Minneapolis where she has been attending Normandale Community College. Anika, who holds dual US-Guatemalan citizenship, has received high marks in her classes and has been accepted by the University of Minnesota for the fall semester. With badgers openly hunting gophers on this [...]
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
My brush with a badger
My thrill at seeing a badger close to my cabin a couple of weeks ago was renewed Sunday when I saw two. A mother badger (known as a “sow”), along with her cub (sometimes known as a “kit”), was sunning herself on the mound of dirt around their burrow (known as a “sett”). Adult badgers [...]
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Scientists find no evidence oyster farm harming Drakes Estero; more likely restoring it
The National Research Council on Tuesday released a report which found “a lack of strong scientific evidence that the present level of oyster-farming operations by Drakes Bay Oyster Company has major adverse effects on the ecosystem of Drakes Estero.” Notwithstanding Park Service statements, oyster growing appears to instead provide a significant environmental benefit, the council’s [...]
