The owl was enormous and beautiful: white feathers on its face & chest, grey brown feathers on its back and the top of its wings. We looked up species. It was an Eastern Barn Owl (east coast of Australia). It stayed for a little while and then left. Haven’t seen one since.
Magical moment

Storm strewn jacaranda petals everywhere on our street… looks quite pretty

Noooooo!

I’ve been eagerly awaiting this book. Hoping to pick up a copy this weekend. Any chance your book tour will eventually come to Australia? (though I do appreciate you both have a lot on your plate right now)

Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚

For people obsessed with declaring English the national language, they don’t seem too fond of it

🤣 the Nogrady Tantal Index !

Love this line: ‘…. a reminder that advances in science don’t banish credulity, but create new stages for it.’

Need a button for ‘well this is horrifying but also important to know’

Definitely intriguing! A google search (because I’m supposed to be doing other things but this was way more interesting) didn’t provide many answers but I did find out that Houdini himself enjoyed debunking ghostly photos. Check out this old poster which is kind of wonderful