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Clams, grace, and industrialism


05 January 13 09:28 AM
Low tide came early today. The water temperature is down to 40 degrees --the clams are, well, clammed up now, waiting like the rest of us for this winter nonsense to pass. Clams eat, they grow. I like to eat them, but I also like the idea of them. I like Read More...
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What we risk losing


20 May 12 09:21 AM
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best Read More...
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Quahogs, Darwin, and grace


12 February 12 09:26 AM
Today is Darwin Day , honoring a complex man with a stunningly simpleidea that replaced the need for magical thinking. Folks may hold on to their magic, I know I do, but they can no longer use rational thinking to hold on to the idea that the Hand of Read More...
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Truth


28 January 12 08:50 PM
A drum found on the edge of the Delaware Bay. Grace God, I know nothing, my sense is all nonsense, And fear of You begins intelligence; Does it end there? For sexual love, for food, For books and birch trees I claim gratitude, But when I grieve over the Read More...
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Breathing biology


23 January 12 07:36 PM
We got beans growing in our classroom. Three gorgeous rattlesnake pods hanging from a vine, the soft purple puff of a flower between the second and third bean. Most of the stuff that makes up these beans is carbon dioxide, much of it from the breath of Read More...
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Teaching photosynthesis


11 December 11 08:23 AM
I work hard to make my classroom "unscientifical." I discovered not so long ago that some students learn just enough scientifical vocabulary to throw me off their scent. We are raising a generation of liturgists. I ask specific questions no one truly Read More...
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Last Saturday of November


26 November 11 05:45 PM
Raked some leaves, then some clams, then some charcoals to cook the clams. New moon tide in late November on a spectacular day makes for good living, at least for me. Can't say the same for the clams now in my belly. In between the leaves and the clams, Read More...
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Thanksgiving redux


24 November 11 07:05 AM
I liked this 3 years ago. I still like it....Happy Thanksgiving! This week's The New Yorker magazine cover highlights a turkey sitting on a ledge with a few pigeons. It's the classic turkey any schoolkid would draw--blue head, red wattle, and a lovely Read More...
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Solstice graduation


21 June 11 10:13 PM
"The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man’s hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was." Bottom, Midsummer Nights Dream Except in June. Just about every day this week I grabbed Read More...
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Another year ends


07 June 11 06:32 PM
We're winding down. Tomorrow I will wander over to the windowsill, pluck a few snowpeas who know only our classroom, and eat them. I will remind the students that their breath was combined with water, using the energy of the sun. Communion without fanfare, Read More...
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Spring silliness


11 May 11 08:34 PM
As I type this, a tiny gnat is trying to break through my monitor. "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution." Theodosius Dobzhansky I should be crafting a descent with modification (misnamed "evolution") exam. Descent with modification Read More...
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A day in the life


26 April 11 09:34 PM
Been busy, as we all have been, and maybe a tad cranky, as some of us have been. And when I get busy and cranky, I forget what I should not forget. All of this happened in a day, this day, and this was not an unusual day. I found 3 northern brown snakes Read More...
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Fear, fatigue, and failure


16 April 11 06:09 PM
Despite a kick butt east breeze blowing at 20+ knots, pushing the water back into our back bays, I managed to rake out a few clams today. The near full moon helped. I like raking clams almost as much as I like eating them. Last week's clamming was a disaster. Read More...
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xkcd channels Feynman


25 March 11 09:37 PM
This was sent to me by a friend I've never met . Today I watched a dozen young adults get excited staring at fruit flies. Fruit flies, like pretty much anything alive, have stories to share. The deeper you delve, the more interesting they become. Too Read More...
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Mud and blood


21 March 11 08:05 PM
First full day of spring today. I've used up well over half allotted to me in this lifetime. Got some serious planting done yesterday. Every year I am surprised at how muddy mud can be, then surprised again as I wash my hands in the sink, the dirt tracking Read More...
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