Author Archives: hw7

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog …. People in seattle As Deborah and I walk around our new neighborhood in Seattle’s Lake City section, or as we wander through the lobby of … Continue reading →

(Click on the folowing link to listen to an audio version of this blog .. Tale of Two Cities I’m back! I plan to write new blogs on a semi-regular schedule: every other week? Once or twice a month? The … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog …. Vernal Pools revisited (This a re-publishing of a blog I wrote back on April 26, 2016. Enjoy! I am going to take some time away … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio verison of this blog …. Mourning cloaks A number of years ago (Signs of Spring 3, March 15, 2018) I wrote about the evolution of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog …Ear wax, body odor and itching This week I have decided to get into some of the real nitty-gritty of what it means to be human. … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog …. Artificial meats Two weeks ago, we developed a number of ideas ideas about humans and meat. Looking at evolution and human physiology, we determined that … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog … Why do we eat meat? The “meat” I am talking about here is “red meat.” Meat derived from cows or pigs or wild game like … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog … More on Avian flu In the early months of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic, the exact mechanism of virus transmission was not known. Did you pick up … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog ….Lead Part 2 (Continuing our discussion of lead in the environment ….) Glazes on dishes and dinnerware are another possible source of lead exposure. Dishes made … Continue reading →

(Click on the following link to listen to an audio version of this blog …. Lead Part 1 A number of years ago, before we had moved from Western Pennsylvania, Deborah and I were over at a friend’s house on … Continue reading →