Category Archives: Animals

Thank you for your support

Posted on December 30, 2010 by

As we approach the end of the tax year, I thought I’d share a brief list of the charitable organizations I personally support.  Some of you can probably afford to make much larger gifts than I can, and I’d encourage … Continue reading →


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Hemingway cats

Posted on February 2, 2010 by

I had the good fortune to enjoy a vacation in the Caribbean this past week, on which the first stop was Key West.  Though the weather drove me away from the beach, I was able to tour the Ernest Hemingway … Continue reading →


Posted in Animals, Travels | 2 Comments

Fun with Arthropods: The Bees of Summer

Posted on April 17, 2008 by

As much fear as they may inspire, carpenter bees are in fact quite harmless. That hover-and-stare we all interpret as confrontational is in fact the bee asking, “Hey! Wanna screw?” Continue reading →


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The demons within the walls

Posted on May 8, 2007 by

Is there any invertebrate creepier than the house centipede (AKA “thousand-legger”)? I grew up in Upstate New York, and had never encountered one of these until I first moved to southeastern PA around 1993. The first time I saw one … Continue reading →


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