As every year, I spent the morning walking with family, friends, and members of our local photo association, Photo-Club Esch. We hiked through the forest, plaiting a “Meekranz” to…

Persuasion is useless, it is the cities' responsibility to reduce car dependency and promote mobility alternatives. That is one takeaway among many others I learned from the podcast “The War on…

As I travel across the United States working with ranchers, I’m often asked where to focus time and energy to make the greatest impact on profitability. In many of my presentations, I close with a…

The Island That Isn't There Anymore Back in August I wrote about how a sign I saw on a run sent me down a rabbit hole of local history. I warned you there might be more to come. Well, here we are. If…

Queenright queen rearing using the 'Ben Harden system' is an ideal way to produce queens without the need for huge cell raising colonies, or compromising honey production. A 'little and often'…

Carolina Wren Mourning Dove Common Grackle Northern Cardinal House Sparrow Blue Jay Monk Parakeet Red-bellied Woodpecker Great Crested Flycatcher Northern Mockingbird Brown-headed Cowbird

Nature in Schools: Bite-sized Nature Connection = Big Impact Click here to watch the full interview Thanks to everyone for attending our first LinkedIn Live about the importance of nature…

Keen to catch at least one new species during the holiday, I’d been discussing opportunities with local angler Jesús on Instagram prior to the trip and had arranged to meet up with him to try and…

In the Newsletter this weekAnalysis: Albania's shoddy new railwayBullshit Meter: Skopje commuter train service to start 1st SeptemberGood week: Hungary gets a good transport ministerBad week:…

Process saves us from the poverty of our intentions. —Elizabeth King (h/t Finn Schubert ) Here in the Catskills, spring is sluttier than ever: cherry blossoms, apple blossoms, tousled willows,…

How visiting the Cuckoo’s nest taught me to fly

An Oracle, an acolyte, a lake full of rainbow fish and a world full of questions.

I am very proud of one of my ad hoc Clients: they have an overlarge Hebe, a large-leaved one, which was getting huge. Last year, at one of my monthly visits, Mrs Client asked what could be done about…

A few days ago, I returned from a trip that I had been looking forward to for the last year or so. A good friend of mine suggested it. He is a cruise ship veteran, having accrued some 40 voyages…

We woke up again before the sunrise to prepare the boat. We packed away the dinghy and replaced the hydrogenerator fastening washer. Then it was time to fight the anchor up. Hoisting anchor by hand…

The pacific northwest stint consisted of spokane, tacoma, olympic np, and portland. In Tacoma we went to a professional bull riding event which was pretty much as American as it gets. Our friends…

Davila Ranch was an absolute gem of a place to spend the night, I slept under a three walled shelter cowboy style. After I woke up I cooked fried eggs, and got ready to head out. The hike out wasn't…

Quite a travelling week in the end. I returned from the UK Systems Challenges workshop and have posted all those slide decks that I’ve been sent (most of them at time of writing). I went to and…

I did most of the Baden to the Bone trail. It is not easy. Maybe I need to get more sendy? Super cool that I can be on top of Rosskopf from my house in less than an hour and then ride down multiple…

Dali in Yunnan may be the best place I've ever visited — better than the Mediterranean or Southeast Asia. Here's why almost no one in the Western world knows it exists.

On my long solo drives from NJ to MA, I sometimes get tired and drowsy. This can be very dangerous! Between 2011 and 2015, some 2.5% of driving fatalities are due to drowsy driving . I recognize this…

Makes sense. In fact, FeedCity only uses the images and/or icons specified directly with the feed. Eventually I should probably fetch the icons from the website as a fallback. But c’mon: just include…

Exploring the history of the EcoLab at Marian University in Indianapolis. The EcoLab was once part of the estate of James Allison, and was designed by famed landscape architect Jens Jensen.

Three soaring above at 7pm today, 30th April—much earlier than usual. Previously: 2025, 9th May (but I’d been away for the preceding week); 2024, 7th; 2023, 7th; 2022, 11th; 2021, 16th; 2020, 5th;…

I used to think solo travellers were lonely people running away from something. Turns out I was half right.

I used to ride the Amtrak train from DC to New York City regularly. The train has a “quiet car”—a section where everyone is supposed to be quiet so you can sleep or get some work…

I read once about this Appalachian doctor who told a patient to take a certain medicine in the winter and to keep taking it "until snakes crawl" -- in other words, until warm spring weather. Tying…

with me writing this in the last days of april i am really consistent when it comes to procrastination with carnival posts. anyhow for this month's bearblog carnival hosted by sage , i present you…

I am writing this post to give an update on the Eucalyptus leucoxylon I planted on the 24/8/25. It is with sadness I announce that my guerrilla gardening attempt, planting a Euc in the night ,…

The following day, we visited Palmitos Park where we watched a bird of prey show, then spent a few hours seeing various other birds, animals, butterflies and fish. I felt the entrance price was a…

Scallops, borrowed bikes, and heated welcome rooms. What Shetland taught us about island generosity.

When we were in Taiwan this winter, T. organised a trip for us, and over a few days we visited Tainan, Chiayi, and Taichung. It was our second visit to Tainan, but the other two towns were new to us,…

Here's what I've been working on, doing, and thinking about this month. I upgraded this site's generator for Zig 0.16 and made it multithreaded. I went on a business trip to London for two weeks,…

After eight hours of hiking into the Swiss Alps, Rhodes was exhausted and excited. A week before, Rhodes made plans to meet with his old friend Silvio, who he hadn't seen in twelve years. They were…

I was lucky enough to be able to go to the NA Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival for 2026!!!! And of course I took my partner, Goolloom, as my plus one. I am here to slap in all the photos from the trip…

Today I wanted to share a little update on my Snow White era. It is both progressing and not progressing! My local crows have noticed me, but haven’t warmed up to me yet. I’m not really sure what…

And dipping by Kolmården on my way home

Wooden skis, created from scratch. Watch a video of some off-piste skiing further down. I have a great passion for skiing, particularly in backcountry and alpine terrain. My collection of different…