Category Archives: Nature

Androgenic Anxiety and COVID-19

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Roger Gosden

Early this morning, January 1, 2021, three minutes after midnight, the last human being to be born on earth was killed … Thus begins Children of Men, a dystopian novel by P.D. James (1992). A sudden and unexplained loss of … Continue reading →

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Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Roger Gosden

These tiny birds look like cute Christmas tree decorations. Inge photographed this male and female who probably arrived recently in Virginia as winter residents or transients. Ruby-crowned Kinglets breed in the north and west where they announce their territory with … Continue reading →

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Bonchurch through Time

Posted on October 23, 2021 by Roger Gosden

My great grandma bought this watercolor by a minor artist of an Isle of Wight scene a century ago. It has hung in our family homes ever since. A housemaid carrying a basket is walking up a winding lane scoured … Continue reading →

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Wood Stork

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Roger Gosden

Compared to the handsome storks of Europe in Hans Christian Andersen’s story and those that carried us in a natal cradle, American Wood Storks look like old countrymen with bald, wrinkly heads exposed to too much sun. A featherless head … Continue reading →

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Urushiol Pain and Products

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Roger Gosden

A week after nightly creaming my face and arms with hydrocortisone I’m still itching. Each exposure makes the reaction worse next time. A few people, including our gardener, are lucky they don’t react to poison ivy, nor wildlife or pets … Continue reading →

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