We all change our minds sometime.

November 22, 2017November 22, 2017 ~ notes with coffee ~ 2 Comments

I saw this plane making a sharp turn one day. I just laughed. Then they did it again. Was the pilot having fun? Staggering drunk? Avoiding another plane? Just changed her mind? We'll never know.

World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice

November 16, 2017 ~ notes with coffee ~ 5 Comments

Below is an article that everyone should read. We need to wake up (find original of the article, including citations and acknowledgements here)! Basically the article says its almost too late to stop catastrophic climate change. William J. Ripple Christopher Wolf Thomas M. Newsome Mauro Galetti Mohammed Alamgir Eileen Crist Mahmoud I. Mahmoud William F. … Continue reading World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice

First frosty morning

November 11, 2017 ~ notes with coffee ~ 4 Comments

It’s finally feeling like fall here in Vermont. We had a hard frost with beautiful results last night. When I woke everything was brittle with cold. A heavy layer of frost rimed the branches of trees and the wires of my chicken fencing. When I knocked off the rime I almost expected to … Continue reading First frosty morning

Fun Games with Electricity

October 27, 2017July 19, 2018 ~ notes with coffee ~ 3 Comments

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

Puppy Ears

October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 ~ notes with coffee ~ 3 Comments

puppies are born deaf - their ears are closed

Ongoing Mystery of Tabby’s Star

September 20, 2017October 6, 2017 ~ notes with coffee ~ 2 Comments

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

September 12, 2017September 12, 2017 ~ notes with coffee ~ 7 Comments

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

Cassini’s Epic Flight & Meteoric Ending

September 5, 2017 ~ notes with coffee ~ 1 Comment

Where will you be on September 15, 2017? That is the day Cassini will make a final dive through Saturn's rings and, while sending data back to earth until the final moments, will go down in flaming glory as it burns up in Saturn's atmosphere.

Chickens

August 30, 2017 ~ notes with coffee ~ 8 Comments

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