Dolores G. Morris
@doloresgmorris.bsky.social
I teach philosophy at USF. Inclined to talk about consciousness, faith, nature, and my kids. I have a website, but I don't update it as often as I should. https://www.doloresgmorris.com
Took a quick walk today & saw so many warblers! If Merlin's sound ID was correct, this was a pretty large flock of yellow-rumped.
This year, more than any other, I've seen a huge variety. Palm, yellow throat, yellow-rumped & black & white...all in the last month or so!
@courtneyellis.bsky.social
This year, more than any other, I've seen a huge variety. Palm, yellow throat, yellow-rumped & black & white...all in the last month or so!
@courtneyellis.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Took a quick walk today & saw so many warblers! If Merlin's sound ID was correct, this was a pretty large flock of yellow-rumped.
This year, more than any other, I've seen a huge variety. Palm, yellow throat, yellow-rumped & black & white...all in the last month or so!
@courtneyellis.bsky.social
This year, more than any other, I've seen a huge variety. Palm, yellow throat, yellow-rumped & black & white...all in the last month or so!
@courtneyellis.bsky.social
Much love to the parents doing camp enrollments this morning. One camp down (9am, success!) one to go (10am, here's hoping!)
What a weirdly stressful process.
What a weirdly stressful process.
February 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Much love to the parents doing camp enrollments this morning. One camp down (9am, success!) one to go (10am, here's hoping!)
What a weirdly stressful process.
What a weirdly stressful process.
Last night, we hosted a pack of kids for pizza & cake for our daughter's 13th birthday. They spent the afternoon at the local theme park, then landed here.
When it was time for cake, I couldn't find them anywhere. I'd lost a whole party's worth of kids.
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When it was time for cake, I couldn't find them anywhere. I'd lost a whole party's worth of kids.
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February 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Last night, we hosted a pack of kids for pizza & cake for our daughter's 13th birthday. They spent the afternoon at the local theme park, then landed here.
When it was time for cake, I couldn't find them anywhere. I'd lost a whole party's worth of kids.
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When it was time for cake, I couldn't find them anywhere. I'd lost a whole party's worth of kids.
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Reading this & struck by this passage.
Is this why I, a professional philosopher, am at least as inclined to post about birds & lizards as I am academic papers?
Or why my own first journal publication was in Caribbean Herpetology?
It certainly lends a lofty spin to my quirks. (I’ll take it.)
Is this why I, a professional philosopher, am at least as inclined to post about birds & lizards as I am academic papers?
Or why my own first journal publication was in Caribbean Herpetology?
It certainly lends a lofty spin to my quirks. (I’ll take it.)
February 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Reading this & struck by this passage.
Is this why I, a professional philosopher, am at least as inclined to post about birds & lizards as I am academic papers?
Or why my own first journal publication was in Caribbean Herpetology?
It certainly lends a lofty spin to my quirks. (I’ll take it.)
Is this why I, a professional philosopher, am at least as inclined to post about birds & lizards as I am academic papers?
Or why my own first journal publication was in Caribbean Herpetology?
It certainly lends a lofty spin to my quirks. (I’ll take it.)
Bird names always manage to make me feel foolish.
Me: What is this bird? It’s completely black and white, looks like a warbler, but it acts like a nuthatch!
Merlin:
Me: What is this bird? It’s completely black and white, looks like a warbler, but it acts like a nuthatch!
Merlin:
February 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Bird names always manage to make me feel foolish.
Me: What is this bird? It’s completely black and white, looks like a warbler, but it acts like a nuthatch!
Merlin:
Me: What is this bird? It’s completely black and white, looks like a warbler, but it acts like a nuthatch!
Merlin:
Absolutely not.
A sad truth we all need to accept is that Smashing Pumpkins were clearly the best of the big-name 90s alt rock groups
February 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Absolutely not.
I attended an event last night at a private club. Very elite, very swanky. For the longest time, I could not find the required valet parking .
Turns out, google maps had taken me to the service entrance.
Reasonable inference given my data, but this felt rude.
Turns out, google maps had taken me to the service entrance.
Reasonable inference given my data, but this felt rude.
January 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I attended an event last night at a private club. Very elite, very swanky. For the longest time, I could not find the required valet parking .
Turns out, google maps had taken me to the service entrance.
Reasonable inference given my data, but this felt rude.
Turns out, google maps had taken me to the service entrance.
Reasonable inference given my data, but this felt rude.
This fierce child turns 13 today! As a tiny one, she insisted on wearing dresses as strongly as she insisted on being outside & in the dirt. Now, she breaks boards with her feet (& hands!) and requested makeup & bath bombs for gifts.
She is pretty amazing. We are thankful for her.
She is pretty amazing. We are thankful for her.
January 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This fierce child turns 13 today! As a tiny one, she insisted on wearing dresses as strongly as she insisted on being outside & in the dirt. Now, she breaks boards with her feet (& hands!) and requested makeup & bath bombs for gifts.
She is pretty amazing. We are thankful for her.
She is pretty amazing. We are thankful for her.
Giving it a try! Why not start with something nice: my walk yesterday, with my most excellent dog.
January 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Giving it a try! Why not start with something nice: my walk yesterday, with my most excellent dog.