Rusty Ring

Three years ago almost to the day, I wrote here about the Winston Churchill Effect – that odd mass hysteria that causes whole nations ...

Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

I augur this the right moment to mention my regret at the passing of graveyards, which ironic development has left my society impover...

(One thing I love about biking , rarely celebrated by those who sing its praises, is the stuff you find by the side of the road w...

(Preserved on a farm. Just in time for the season.) Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

(These are the lyrics to one of my Buddhist country and western songs, offered here in honour of Hallowe'en.) If you come ...

(In honour of Hallowe'en, here's a shot of my latest pet. I adopted this flytrap [Dionaea muscipula] two years ago, when it...

(Saw these in town the other day. Turn 'em upside down, you got a monastery's-worth of cheap zafus .)

(This is the giant house spider [Eratigena atrica]. It's called that because it's four inches across and we find it in our ho...

(No trick-or-treaters this Hallowe'en either. I've never had a single one, ever. But I buy candy every year, just in case. I ...

October is an odd time in North America: for these thirty-one days, you can buy a pumpkin here. Any other time, you get: "What, are yo...