The latest episode of The Agency Podcast is up, and it’s called Logo Mythology. We had a guest today – Hobie Post is a friend of the show who joined us to discuss various topics, from looking at art to a an alternative history of… Read More
There was a time when songs about motorized transportation were a big thing – songs about cars, songs about trains, trucker songs, even songs about airplane flight. Now that climate change and our carbon footprint are top of mind, does that spell doom for the… Read More
More new housing on Twenty Seventh Street, but this triplex is strictly for the birds. We had a whirligig on this pole for quite a while – a fisherman who fishes more and more aggressively as the wind picks up. From time to time whirligigs… Read More
There aren’t a lot of positive things to say about coal mining. It’s a rough life. It pollutes out streams and burning coal pollutes our air. Many years ago I stayed in a coal mining town in Pennsylvania for a few days, while looking for… Read More
I’ve made a few more bird collages – there’s over 30 of these things now populating a sketchbook. I think of making them as a tool for playing with images, starting points, visual notes for a group of new paintings. I don’t think of them… Read More
Guilty, the latest episode of The Agency Podcast, is now available (iTunes/Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Podbean and Tune-in). You can listen to it right here. This week, both Candy and I watched the Scorsese epic, The Irishman. We often agree in our film discussions, but… Read More
Today there was a single mourning dove hanging out in the apple tree. Where were its friends? Some days there are 3 or 4 in the tree or feeding on the ground. When there is a single mourning dove around, it seems to be quite… Read More
We didn’t always have house finches visiting the feeders out back. For the first few years there were none. I remember one year we saw one. What’s that red bird? I had never seen one before. Now they are common visitors. This afternoon, there were… Read More
So far this winter, we have had so many birds at the backyard feeders. The feeders are in the big old apple tree just behind the house. The cats and I can watch them from the picture window above the garage. There are at least… Read More
For anyone wondering, this bird is a brown creeper.
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