Author: Eliza Daley

I'm an inveterate book-slinger, gardener, baker, geologist & writer. This blog is a collection of book talk, recipes, gardening tips, observations & essays on nature & culture — with a healthy dose of armchair philosophy & sociology — my attempt to muddle through all the mess and feel the wonder of this world.

The Daily: 10 June 2024

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The earliest sunrises, 5:05am, begin on this Thursday in my part of the world and continue until June 17th, with the sun rising one minute later at 5:06am on the 18th. If you don't count seconds, then the longest day length of 15 hours and 30 minutes begins on the Sunday the 16th, Father's Day… Continue reading The Daily: 10 June 2024

The Daily: 7 June 2024

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The Flower Moon went dark yesterday morning. Now begins the Strawberry Moon and the shift to Midsummer. In the last few years I’ve seen a wide variety of people arrive at the conclusion that what we need as a society to avert self-destruction — self and everything else, that is — is a new religion.… Continue reading The Daily: 7 June 2024

The Daily: 24 May 24

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It's been the sort of month that pushes even climate deniers out of their comfy head-in-the-sand world. Every day there are pictures of homes and lives destroyed by extreme storms, from one end of the country to the other. In May, folks... The Northern Hemisphere is not yet heated to its summer temperatures and we're… Continue reading The Daily: 24 May 24

The Daily: 14 May 2024

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Last week I finally got my car's oil changed. This is not quite the imperative that it is for a full gasoline engine, but it's still necessary. I do have to use the gas engine now and again, and I assume the electric engine uses oil for... something, I'm sure, since full electric cars seem… Continue reading The Daily: 14 May 2024