While on my morning walk the other day, deep into a technical explanation in the Alan Turing biography I am listening to, I suddenly noticed a large dog off to my right. I don’t normally see dogs without owners, so I paused to look at him (or, perhaps, her). I realized at once it wasn’t…
Why is it that we get so excited when we see wildlife? Our house backs up to a local park and the park is full of wildlife. Every now and then, some of that wildlife makes its way into our yard. A few months ago I noted that the security light in front of the…
I woke up around 1:40 AM and heard rustling of leaves and snapping of branches in the backyard last night, so I got up and looked out the window, and there, 20 feet away, was a rather large deer in my backyard. It didn’t see me and I remained still and watched it eating grass…
Friday morning I woke up early feeling a bit dizzy and that’s because I drank quite a bit Thursday night. I lay in bed for about an hour and finally got up, showered and started to get ready for the day. I decided to skip the gym. Lisa and I met Andy and Mandy for…
On my way into work this morning, I was walking along 4th toward Pico and spotted a squirrel sitting next to the base of a palm tree, eating. I slowed my pace so as not to scare the thing away, however, as I passed him, he didn’t budge. He just kept on with his breakfast…