Mar
03
Running Commentary 3/3/2025
Force by Henry Petroski, Ferruginous Duck
8 min read
Science
May
20
Running Commentary 5/20/2024
Secrets of the Octopus, Cashew Chicken, Black-naped Monarch
8 min read
Feb
27
Book Review | The Book of Eels & Eels: An Exploration
The Book of Eels was written (in Swedish) by first-time author Patrik Svensson, and translated into English by Agnes Broome.
6 min read
Nov
20
Running Commentary 11/20/2023
Loki (S2E6), Invisibility by Gregory J. Gbur, Mourning Dove (redux)
8 min read
Feb
20
Among the Birds of the Mitten
Experiences in birding throughout lower Michigan, with a title adapted from John Muir.
27 min read
Mar
12
How to Make a Free Throw
Illustrated, with figures and elementary kinematic modeling
8 min read
Jun
02
Pluto Isn’t a Planet. Nothing Is.
I am not a planetary scientist, or an astronomer of any kind. But I am a writer, I do think I can call out the actual scientists for what I see as arbitrary and non-useful language. And, from where I stand, the word “planet” is a very arbitrary, useless term indeed.
8 min read