Author: notes with coffee

When I'm not watching the world around me I'm an animal lover, naturalist, woodworker and photographer. The order changes daily.

Fun Games with Electricity

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Sometimes what to us seems essential was at first thought of as dangerous, inconsequential, irrelevant, or silly. That was the case with electricity. Before the 1600's most of what was known in the West about electricity came from experiences with static electricity, electric eels and other shocking animals. As time went on continued study led … Continue reading Fun Games with Electricity

Ongoing Mystery of Tabby’s Star

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What? You don't know about Tabby's Star? It's a wonderful mystery. It began in 2009 when the Kepler space telescope began looking for planets around distant suns. Because of the massive amount of data collected by Kepler (for 4 years it took data points on over 150,000 stars every half hour) the team behind the … Continue reading Ongoing Mystery of Tabby’s Star

Northern Harrier

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I glanced out my window this morning to see two escapee chickens running frantically up and down the fence line. This is not an unusual sight. Nothing against my birds, but they aren't burdened by an excess of intelligence. It often takes a few laps for them to decide or, figure out how, to get … Continue reading Northern Harrier

Chickens

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I'm sitting on my deck eating my lunch and listening to the chickens clucking and muttering to each other. It's a peaceful sound. One of the chickens has escaped. As I'm sure you all know chickens are quite the escape artists. I think they plan it together. If the fence isn't buried they will find … Continue reading Chickens

Villanelles

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I’ve been trying for a couple weeks now to write about truth and lies, facts and opinions, but I keep getting stuck, so I’ll share some poetry instead. I start with Elizabeth Bishop's One Art. One Art The art of losing isn’t hard to master; So many things seem filled with the intent To be … Continue reading Villanelles