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Summertime.

Posted on June 22, 2012 by David Holcomb
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I braved the heat this afternoon and snapped a few pictures from my front steps, as summer officially begins. The wildlife seems uninhibited by the warm temperatures and lack of rain. Continue reading →

Posted in Ecology, Gardening, Nature, Photography, Where I live | Tagged aristus, goldfinch, helianthus, Jerusalem artichoke, Polistes, sunflower, Wheel Bug | Leave a reply

When our descendants are picking through the remains of our lives five hundred years from now, will they call this a time of ignorance and intolerance, or the beginning of a new Golden Age? It's up to us.

My name is David Lee Holcomb, and you presumably know who you are. Welcome.

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Busman's Honeymoon
5 of 5 stars
Busman's Honeymoon
by Dorothy L. Sayers
One of the few perfect novels: a mystifying "locked door" murder, an couple of unlikely romances, a high-society wedding, and a clutch of lovable, interesting, and enjoyable characters. Lord Peter Wimsey and his new bride Harriet Vane sl...
The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple
2 of 5 stars
The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple
by Charles G. Addison
This book started well, moving quickly and confidently through the formation of the Knights and their mission in Palestine, supporting the European occupation there, but faltered in the latter stages: once the persecution of the order be...
The Eight Strokes of the Clock
4 of 5 stars
The Eight Strokes of the Clock
by Maurice Leblanc
What fun! A reformed criminal, now masquerading as a millionaire prince, has taken up a new life as a sort of fixer, solving crimes instead of committing them. In the first of the eight adventures here he meets a young woman who is despe...
The Worm Ouroboros
3 of 5 stars
The Worm Ouroboros
by E.R. Eddison
A lavish and violent extravaganza -- I think I would have enjoyed it more if Eddison had used a bit more judgement in his choices of names. With major characters wearing names like "Corsus", "Corund", and "Corinius", I struggled almost t...
Georges Braque: A Life
3 of 5 stars
Georges Braque: A Life
by Alex Danchev
A nice book about one of the great artists of the twentieth century. The author has cast a very wide net across sources ranging all over the cultural map, putting together his overview of Braque's life. Unfortunately, the very private M....

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