Sunday, November 30, 2008
Making the best of a bad situation
It was just cold enough last night that the birdbath froze over. Our surprisingly resourceful sparrows noticed that drops of water on top of my car were melted (or perhaps had never frozen), so down they went.
Of course, they poop while they drink, and I suppose their little beaks aren't doing wonders for the paint job, but what the hey... A sparrow's gotta do what a sparrow's gotta do.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Brown Clouds in Asia
Apparently others have seen and studied what I saw from my hotel window and smelled in the lobby every morning, when I recently went on my first trip ever to India. The Brown Clouds of Asia are accelerating the melting of glaciers in the Himalayas, probably changing rainfall patterns, certainly affecting rates of pulmonary disease.
I mean, bleccch.
People I talked to in Delhi said that, yes, as winter comes on it does get foggy. Well, I was a guest, so if they want to call this fog, I'll call it fog. But...
