April showers are unusual in San Jose. They spritz up even Babe's muffler shop. That's Babe to the right, I believe.

Beautiful all times of year, but especially in spring, with the flowers blooming and the oaks leafing out. Photos in order: the elegant Paci...

Bill Connolly 's political theory course at UMass was my very favorite class of all time. I was reminded of him with the recent news of ...

Well, deadly if you are a checkerspot butterfly, anyway. There are birds and various other critters that will be eager to gobble you up, inc...

... according to Our World in Data . Mosquitoes come in first, and humans second. Snakes are a distant third, followed by dogs. All of that ...

Siembra may be my favorite album, period. ¡ El Mejor !

Today I walked the longer loop around the preserve on the Dusky-Footed Woodrat Trail; with a moderate drizzle coming down I had this splendi...

Pnin Vladimir Nabokov On one level, this is an academic satire, and a very good one indeed. Pnin, a rather ridiculous absent-minded professo...