The rain prediction contest is still on! (Sorry, Melissa, there is no overwhelming support for “calling it” after the quick downpour last week. I think we are longing for something substantial, something urban-metro-wide, something involving at least one road closure.)
In any case, we’re still waiting, y’hear?

I love these summer clouds, love our local park, [...]

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Erika M sent me this article and in reading it there was much vigorous headnodding on my part and occasional moments of “hmmm…..” accompanied by the pensive stroking of my long imaginary beard.
The topic of child care–on the part of the parent or other caretaker or the group/institution–is ever on my mind. I’m also [...]

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…but it turns out that carrying Clementine on his back is actuallly a status symbol for TucsonDaddy, according to this article on paternal caregiving in nonhuman primates and other animals.

This fascinates me, of course, as do most things written by Natalie Angier (and Sarah Hrdy). As biologically deterministic as it might be, I like [...]

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