From Caterpillar to Chrysalis: Choreography Observed
Yesterday, about 15 hours after attaching themselves to their silk pads, our monarch caterpillars (five of them) pupated into lovely …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
A Pictorial Calendar of our Monarch Caterpillars
We have been raising Monarch caterpillars from eggs. (See previous posts.) I have not posted about them for ten days; …
Calligraphy Throughout Life
(5th in a series) Practice, Practice, Practice. And don’t be afraid to make mistakes flub it. Practice – on-going, stick-at-it practice …
Calligraphy…An Exercise in Patience
(4th in a series) Calligraphy…an exercise in patience. Yes, I’m afraid it is so. In our age of instant messaging …
Keep a Calligraphy Notebook – Collect Beautiful Letters
(3rd in a series) Keep a lettering notebook. This is not rocket science; it is learning to notice pleasing letters …
Calligraphy Requires Observation
(2nd in a series) People are anxious to get pen in hand and produce something. But pause a moment…what do …
Calligraphy – The Art of Beautiful Writing
(1st in a series) I love letters. I love writing. I love the mechanics of writing: of forming the letters, …
Mystery Chickens and Handsome Caterpillars
We have four chickens, which I will introduce at a later post. But the mystery of the day surfaced when …
What’s a gram?
I had an interesting conversation with my daughters (aged 13 and 11) at the dinner table. We’re in the habit …
Monarch Caterpillars
A note on our 3-day-old monarch caterpillars. They have already taken on the markings of a mature caterpillar: beautiful green, …
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