Author Archives: ksedinger

On Dams

While on my lunch break the other day, I watched this short film about dam removal on streams in the Hudson River watershed. Fascinating film, with amazing photography (well-worth watching in full-screen HD). Were there a place I could say … Continue reading

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It’s Tab-Closing Day!!!

I was not prepared for mid-to-upper 80 degree temps this week, folks. I’ve found over the last several years that I handle heat a lot better than I used to–time was when 85 degrees would reduce me to sitting in a … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday: Conversation songs, No. 2

Here’s another “Conversation Song”! This is my ongoing series, started last week, in which I feature songs whose lyrics give us one side of a conversation, and we are left to infer the other half. This week’s song dates from … Continue reading

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Then: Hoovervilles! Now: Shapirovilles!

So, a couple weeks back, a video made the rounds of social media that was billed as “A progressive DESTROYS Ben Shapiro!!!!” Now, this is an obnoxious tendency in our click-bait era, when any time a person on one side … Continue reading

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Bob Lanier

I remember when we moved to Allegany, NY in 1981, I started hearing the name “Bob Lanier” a lot. He had been, as far as I could tell, a very good basketball player who had attended St. Bonaventure University, where … Continue reading

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Tone Poem Tuesday

A suite of film music today! We watched Avatar the other night, our first time watching it since we first saw it when the DVD came out after the movie’s initial release, way back in 2009 or 2010 or so. The … Continue reading

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Quiz-things? Remember those?

Roger has a quiz-thing! Remember those? They used to be so common in the high days of blogging, and they were always–well, usually–fun and reliable ways to generate a bit of blog content if you were hard up for inspiration. So, … Continue reading

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Two days of writing….

The tale is in the numbers. For perspective: I count anything over 1000 words in a day as a really good day. Saturday: Sunday: I feel like I’ve finally cracked the nut that is the plot of Forgotten Stars V. This one … Continue reading

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Another unmistakable sign of Spring

When these guys show up on our deck (and also start taunting the cats in the inside of the sliding glass door):  

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Tuppence a bag

Two birds from this week. A robin, at work… …and a hummingbird at home. As for the post title? Here. The sound isn’t great, but I might well prefer this arrangement to the one Julie Andrews sang.

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