Hermit Research: Pseudonyms & Tracking Collars

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I  looked out the front window this morning just in time to see two grad students fitting Griz with a tracking collar before he recovered from the effects of their tranquilizer dart. Then I woke up. But I know what prompted the dream: yet another hermit researcher found this blog and hoped for an interview with [...]

Sunset Deprivation and the Privacy Trade-Off

Here’s a ho-hum autumn sunset through the stand of deciduous trees in the southwest corner of our property – about the best we get of visible sunsets.dsc_0277

Our evergreens, many of them 50 and 60-year olds, are great for the year-round privacy we value; but they do deprive us of those unobstructed sunsets so everpresent in our sailing days. When you live aboard on the West Coast, you are often a part of the sunset. I do miss that.

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Such is the nature of life – there are always trade-offs to be made.

Can You Get Blog from a Hermit?

I have a world-class-professional-blogger-friend who sincerely believes all “writers” with an ounce-and-a-half of intelligence should be blogging.  He’s VP and New Media Specialist for a fairly large communications corporation so he speaks with some authority – and a reasonable bias. His personal blog, smays.com, is well-organized, clearly presented, and easy to navigate; with balanced, entertaining, makes-you-wanna-come-back [...]