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Comment on Islam, secularism, and liberalism (part 2) by donald

donald — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:01:20 +0000

Dude, you know I want to. I’ll get to it soon. I’ve got three other things in draft right now as it is.

Comment on Islam, secularism, and liberalism (part 2) by sffrhd

sffrhd — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:27:11 +0000

alright already, get on with part III

Comment on The animated history of the English language in (slightly more than) 10 minutes by Watching Seasons

Watching Seasons — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 18:16:16 +0000

Great stuff! Scholarly learning in such a brief time

Comment on The animated history of the English language in (slightly more than) 10 minutes by Tbudd

Tbudd — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:44:03 +0000

This is wonderful. There’s been nothing this informative and cute since Schoolhouse Rock.

Comment on Wildflower report: May by Scott

Scott — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:56:30 +0000

Oh yeah, Sibley is absolutely my favorite field guide to trees. Somehow his illustrations are more useful than photographic texts. It’s on my wish-to-own list, too. For now, I rely heavily on the public library!

Comment on Wildflower report: May by donald

donald — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:37:20 +0000

Thanks, neighbor, for the recommendation. I actually went with a new field guide put out by the National Wildlife Federation – either they’ve just begun issuing a line of field guides or I just haven’t noticed them before. It’s nation – or continent – wide rather than regional, but I like the fact that the descriptions are on the same page as the color photograph. AND I saw that Sibley now has a field guide on trees done up just like his bird guide, and so now I’ve added that one to my must-get list.

And I think you’re right about that golden-rod-like flower being a mustard, and probably black mustard. I’ll have to look further into it.

Comment on Embassytown by Embassytown, part 2 and City of Glass: Natural languages « Wood Thrush

Embassytown, part 2 and City of Glass: Natural languages « Wood Thrush — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:14:20 +0000

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Comment on Wildflower report: May by Scott

Scott — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:23:18 +0000

Those “early blooming goldenrod” might be wintercress. If not, maybe black mustard?

I’m on the PA side of the Delaware, just south of Philly. The Audubon Field Guide to Wildflowers, Eastern Region really comes in handy for me.

Comment on Wildflower report: May by wordconnections

wordconnections — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:29:15 +0000

Here in Austin we have several good guides. Good luck on finding one for your part of New Jersey.

Comment on Wildflower report: May by donald

donald — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:14:35 +0000

Yes, isn’t that just it? It’s obviously not goldenrod goldenrod, which we don’t have yet and will in multitudes by August (my son likes looking for the little yellow crab spiders that live in the flowers). And I’ve been scanning wildflower identification pages online with no luck, which is weird because that stuff was everywhere a few weeks ago. And everybody around here just calls it goldenrod.

It’s really kind of a scandal that I don’t even have a decent field guide for this yet. That’s the first thing I tell my students to do if they’re going to write about nature.