Paul M Niles
@paulmn.bsky.social
Doing my best to retain the wonder and slow the rate of decay. Retired from a happy career in education. Expertise in educational innovation and translating scientific ideas into conceptual models suitable for middle schoolers.
This bridge is well protected!
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This bridge is well protected!
There ain’t no cure for love #leonardcohen
August 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
There ain’t no cure for love #leonardcohen
One old beast riding another old beast on PEI
August 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
One old beast riding another old beast on PEI
July 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Beware! I deconstructed a box spring and used it to reduce the entropy in my garage. According to the Laws of Thermodynamics, disorder must increase somewhere else in the universe. It may be coming for you!
May 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Beware! I deconstructed a box spring and used it to reduce the entropy in my garage. According to the Laws of Thermodynamics, disorder must increase somewhere else in the universe. It may be coming for you!
If anyone needs lifting up today, just think of the ASB bridge along the Missouri River in Kansas City. Lifting things up since 1911!
April 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If anyone needs lifting up today, just think of the ASB bridge along the Missouri River in Kansas City. Lifting things up since 1911!
A scene to match my mood amongst the saguaro
April 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A scene to match my mood amongst the saguaro
When the world is crumbling around you, it’s OK to dance a little, right?
April 14, 2025 at 3:41 AM
When the world is crumbling around you, it’s OK to dance a little, right?
Used Jimmy Carter’s desk today to rescind all the executive orders! Think that will work?
April 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Used Jimmy Carter’s desk today to rescind all the executive orders! Think that will work?
In case you were wondering where they lived. #richmondva
April 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
In case you were wondering where they lived. #richmondva
Fallen hardware under a bridge in Richmond, VA. Who says we need more investment in infrastructure?
April 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Fallen hardware under a bridge in Richmond, VA. Who says we need more investment in infrastructure?
Camping in the spot where Stonewall Jackson suffered the wound that killed him. Think we’ll be safe.
March 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Camping in the spot where Stonewall Jackson suffered the wound that killed him. Think we’ll be safe.
Ready for anything !
March 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Ready for anything !
Annual tradition to hit the bog the first rain after the first full moon in March. Photos courtesy of Peter Trull.
March 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Annual tradition to hit the bog the first rain after the first full moon in March. Photos courtesy of Peter Trull.
Sorry to interrupt your day with animal waste, but what in the world was this critter eating?
March 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Sorry to interrupt your day with animal waste, but what in the world was this critter eating?
March 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Let’s hope this empty scene from the Cape Cod National Seashore is not a sign of things to come for our magnificent system of National Parks.
March 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Let’s hope this empty scene from the Cape Cod National Seashore is not a sign of things to come for our magnificent system of National Parks.
In Provincetown, everything leans left.
March 2, 2025 at 3:28 AM
In Provincetown, everything leans left.
OK, if the Red Sox are on TV today, I can play basketball outside.
February 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
OK, if the Red Sox are on TV today, I can play basketball outside.
Is this the Stairway to Heaven I’ve heard about for so long now?
December 26, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Is this the Stairway to Heaven I’ve heard about for so long now?
Meatballs in sauce for quantum gravity discussion at book club!🍽️
December 11, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Meatballs in sauce for quantum gravity discussion at book club!🍽️
All ready to host book club, with my repurposed middle school restroom stall door, a casualty of a gymnastic ally accelerated 8th grader!
December 6, 2024 at 10:03 PM
All ready to host book club, with my repurposed middle school restroom stall door, a casualty of a gymnastic ally accelerated 8th grader!
In times like these, we need more turnip festivals.
November 25, 2024 at 11:48 PM
In times like these, we need more turnip festivals.
This line of carbon ash in the Provincetown dunes is good evidence of the forest that was once here.#provincetown
November 22, 2024 at 9:47 PM
This line of carbon ash in the Provincetown dunes is good evidence of the forest that was once here.#provincetown