David Thompson
@dsthom.bsky.social
Expatriate forty years. Ecologist. Field biologist. Lover of U.S. Pacific Northwest, outdoors, animals, poetry, and nature.
So you “read” because it’s a habit?
November 29, 2024 at 7:41 AM
So you “read” because it’s a habit?
I’ve hung till this year. The Times because I found their index of all past issues useful. The Post because I’d hoped it would be an alternative.
November 29, 2024 at 7:38 AM
I’ve hung till this year. The Times because I found their index of all past issues useful. The Post because I’d hoped it would be an alternative.
From my small farming “hometown” in central IL.
November 27, 2024 at 2:45 PM
From my small farming “hometown” in central IL.
All I know is that I was born the day after Babe Ruth died. Draw your own conclusions.
November 25, 2024 at 1:25 PM
All I know is that I was born the day after Babe Ruth died. Draw your own conclusions.
Enough with “I am old” laments already. To answer your question: the latter. Love and peace.
November 25, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Enough with “I am old” laments already. To answer your question: the latter. Love and peace.
I don’t bark but I do howl back at coyotes and wolves when I hear them (which has been long ago since neither exists in Japan).
November 25, 2024 at 4:45 AM
I don’t bark but I do howl back at coyotes and wolves when I hear them (which has been long ago since neither exists in Japan).
Be careful, sweetie.
November 25, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Be careful, sweetie.
I would think the burden of proof lies with you. Everything matters in total; it’s the summation of a lot of smaller things that might not “really matter” when considered alone. FIY, I’ve consumed almost nothing but olive oil for 55 years and when fit still have a bpm in the low 50s.
November 24, 2024 at 12:56 AM
I would think the burden of proof lies with you. Everything matters in total; it’s the summation of a lot of smaller things that might not “really matter” when considered alone. FIY, I’ve consumed almost nothing but olive oil for 55 years and when fit still have a bpm in the low 50s.
I sympathize with your anxiety. Japan doesn’t like the non Japanese living here, though white Americans are treated much better than those from SE Asia. I am so ashamed of my generation. “Peace and Love.” What a colossal failure.
November 23, 2024 at 5:03 PM
I sympathize with your anxiety. Japan doesn’t like the non Japanese living here, though white Americans are treated much better than those from SE Asia. I am so ashamed of my generation. “Peace and Love.” What a colossal failure.
If you are a citizen you are a citizen, as is your child. Trump personally doesn’t care about immigration. It’s just an issue he uses to stoke fear and appeal to the racism of the undereducated whites who need someone to blame for their lot in life. Trump wants to grift.
November 23, 2024 at 3:10 PM
If you are a citizen you are a citizen, as is your child. Trump personally doesn’t care about immigration. It’s just an issue he uses to stoke fear and appeal to the racism of the undereducated whites who need someone to blame for their lot in life. Trump wants to grift.
It took me decades to appreciate her.
November 23, 2024 at 10:28 AM
It took me decades to appreciate her.
But or borrow books from at least 20 years ago. The perspective is more perspicacious than the confusion of of those written in the moment. Choose wisely, of course.
November 23, 2024 at 4:51 AM
But or borrow books from at least 20 years ago. The perspective is more perspicacious than the confusion of of those written in the moment. Choose wisely, of course.
Not possible to be both? Mule kick with a smile? It’s all mule kick in reality, I know.
November 23, 2024 at 4:36 AM
Not possible to be both? Mule kick with a smile? It’s all mule kick in reality, I know.
Like the late senator from Oregon, Mark Hatfield?
November 23, 2024 at 4:22 AM
Like the late senator from Oregon, Mark Hatfield?
I’m a virgin here, so to speak, so my guard was down. Thanks for letting me know.
November 22, 2024 at 8:05 AM
I’m a virgin here, so to speak, so my guard was down. Thanks for letting me know.
Vanilla Bean, with an abundance of diminutives: Beanie, ‘Nilla, Vabe (Vabe Baby), etc
November 22, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Vanilla Bean, with an abundance of diminutives: Beanie, ‘Nilla, Vabe (Vabe Baby), etc
Always love seeing Venus in a photo of the moon.
November 22, 2024 at 5:39 AM
Always love seeing Venus in a photo of the moon.
I agree. Kinda like poems by Emily Dickinson.
November 21, 2024 at 11:05 PM
I agree. Kinda like poems by Emily Dickinson.
“This . . . red fox . . . captured . . . .” Exactly why slick wildlife photography gives me the creeps. Leave them alone, please; they are trophies.
November 21, 2024 at 10:49 PM
“This . . . red fox . . . captured . . . .” Exactly why slick wildlife photography gives me the creeps. Leave them alone, please; they are trophies.