The Legendary Tom Donovan
Tom Donovan, the man of many talents: biologist, builder, and friend.
Month: February 2021
Bread!
Memories from Colorado Last night I woke up to the wonderful smell of baking bread in our house. Earlier this week, because of the Texas 2021 Winter Arctic Outbreak, all the stores and businesses in our area had closed down, and we had run out of bread. So I started a loaf in our bread …
“Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world…” — W.B. Yeats
I will update this blog as more happens. First came the pandemic. Second came the insurrection at the United States Capitol. Third came letting the power die over a large part of Texas…. Yesterday, February 15, 2021, at the beginning of this adventure, we did have power for a few more hours than some of …
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Let me introduce someone we met in Paris — La Dame du Brésil
A wild ride through the streets of Paris When Marilyn and I arrived in Paris two weeks before our 25th wedding anniversary in July 1997, we took a wild taxi ride from the Gare du Nord to the Left Bank and checked in to the Comfort Inn. (It was part of an American chain, so …
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Snow in Austin, Texas ! ! !
Our reaction to the first day of snow in Austin. This was followed by a week of extremely cold weather that brought cripple Texas .