Not the Snail and the Waterbug. San Jose is usually much too dry for their tastes, so this week has been a welcome respite. It’s hard to meet your neighbors when no one hangs around outside, s… more →
Jumbo Jibbleswrote 3 months ago: After travelling on a bus in Cambodia for five hours we stopped for a quick food break and these wer … more →
wrote 6 months ago: We left for Amsterdam the next day. I’d been to the city 10 years ago and loved it. This time … more →
wrote 9 months ago: County Finalist in the 2007-2008 IMPAC Writing Contest. My Short Story… Here goes. The Fashion … more →
wrote 10 months ago: If they didn’t fly it wouldn’t be as bad – if they weren’t so huge. I’m frightened of these creatur … more →
wrote 10 months ago: Today I had taro frozen yogurt in my neighborhood parlor. So what does that have to do with my blog … more →
wrote 11 months ago: A new coffee shop opened on 86th Street and like all loyal New Yorkers I defected from my usual plac … more →
wrote 1 year ago: DEFINITION: any of various hemipteran insects that live in fresh waters, including the back swimme … more →
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wrote 1 year ago: Wading for bugs. My sister is an entomology student at the University of Tennessee. This means she … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Not the Snail and the Waterbug. San Jose is usually much too dry for their tastes, so this week has … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Rolli gets shy. My first Water Bug is going out to her new owner today, and this bug’s name is … more →
wrote 1 year ago: I LOVE the “Shop Local” search on Etsy. It’s how I met some people in my new town … more →
wrote 1 year ago: For some reason or another, over the past few weeks I’ve been having an image of a water strid … more →
wrote 1 year ago: When I was very little and living in the Los Angeles area of California, our neighbors had a swimmin … more →
wrote 1 year ago: “ANTI-REFLECTION MOTH-EYE ARRAYS are now widely applied in panels of instruments, like cellpho … more →
wrote 2 years ago: After a wild wind and rain storm yesterday the skies cleared and the temperature stayed relatively w … more →
wrote 2 years ago: That Palmetto bugs can FLY!? Palmetto bugs are basically giant roaches. And by giant I mean HUGE. … more →
wrote 2 years ago: That Palmetto bugs can FLY!? Palmetto bugs are basically giant roaches. And by giant I mean HUGE. … more →
wrote 2 years ago: I saw my first palmetto bug a couple of weeks ago while in Augusta, GA. The foul creature scurried f … more →