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August 29 August is butterfly month. I've never seen such a variety before. Today, here's the striking white admiral.

22 How to be happy: Nature's secret revealed

My new novel is progressing.

Incidentally, I've been posting more photos on Facebook, although the best of them will probably also be here. Probably.

15 Small and striking: Ailanthus webworm moth. And a small butterfly: Common sootywing

8 Continuing my tiny theme, here are four large portraits of damselflies, photographs of flying needles, so to say.

1 August begins with some photos of a tiny, tiny and beautiful butterfly: the least skipper.

Cheerful news: I received, signed, and returned a contract for Space and Time to publish my fantasy "The Inadvertent Wizard."

July 27 A anew bird for me from the Toftrees game land: a blue-gray gnatcatcher.

Am I ever falling behind! For instance, the anthology Belong has received some good reviews for which I should post links.

18 A week later than I had intended, but here is my review of Philomena's Homecoming, an incredible children's book suitable for both young and old and anyone in between.

11 Continuing with my documentation of local birds (and I never imagined my list would grow so long), here is the barn swallow by Toftrees pond (they didn't have a handy barn).

5 I skipped the fireworks this year (too hot to go trekking with tripod, chair, camera, etc.), but here are some pretty wildflower blossoms of a coltsfoot

Or perhaps you'd like to relax with a great-spangled fritillary enjoying delicious thistle nectar?

June 27 On June 17, Sue and I participated in the second paddle across the lake at Bald Eagle State Park to visit the bald eagle family.

Yes, I missed posting a page last week. I had become caught up in working on one freelance editing project in order to begin another. The second project has disappeared, so I may have more time next week to put up an extra page. I hope. Freelancing is anything but predictable.

13 Friday evening was the first of two paddles across the lake at Bald Eagle State Park to visit the bald eagle family there.

Not interested in bald eagles? What about a pretty photo of the butterfly Pearl Crescent?

6 The yellow-billed cuckoo is a handsome bird that helps keep tent caterpillar populations in check.

Today and yesterday I watched the agility trials of the Nita Nee Kennel Club. Amazing. I've never seen so many well-controlled, well-behaved, and talented dogs before. The handlers were pretty good too.

May 30 Don't Mess with Mom: Earlier in the week, I had come across three mom common snapping turtles who were busy nesting.

23 I had a choice of several different subjects for a page, but yesterday I was impressed by a green heron fishing for lunch.

Since learning of Harry Dunbar's death, I wanted to put up a selection of his favorite pages from Dunbar on Black Books, which is now - at last - ready.

16 Spring is rushing by, and I've a backlog of birds and flowers that I'd like to add; for now, however, let me show two beautiful butterflies: American Lady and Red Admiral.

I've had a fantasy story accepted by Space and Time this week. Once I receive the contract, I'll add more info.

9 About twenty or so species of warblers come through State College in the spring. The yellow warbler is one of those that stay during the warm weather.

This is the weekend of the AAUW Used Book Sale, one of the largest on the East Coast. Talk about good fun! Add that to the reasons why I love State College.

5 The American bittern on a rare visit to State College

So what happened to April? The beginning of the month was fun, inasmuch as I photographed the Wild About Animals event (thus pages are finished; I'm waiting for final approval before showing them). Afterward I became caught up with a rush assignment and the flu. But life is now returning to normal, or as normal as it can ever hope to be.

Apr. 4 I had a grand time over at the 11th Wild About Animals event at the State College Ag Arena, and am in the process of sorting through hundreds of photos to put on a good web display of the event. Maybe by next weekend . . . ? Of course, I'd prefer to finish earlier. (In the meantime, last year's WAA is here.)

In the meantime, for the sake of having something new, several days ago I had a close encounter with an osprey, and my best osprey flight photos were the result.

Mar. 28 Today's new page includes two of my favorite snow goose photos.

The past several days have been one happy surprise after another because my family has discovered me. I now have several cousins and an aunt - all great people!

Belong, the Australian SF anthology has been published. I've more information about it on my bibliography. Or you can go to the blog of editor Russell B. Farr for a detailed account of stories, story selection, and authors.

A modest proposal to end big government in the US: Cut the senate in half; that is, have fifty senators (one per state) instead of a hundred. The new senate would be as inept as ever, but we'd be paying for fewer of them.

23 I've started adding cover images in my bibliography; they add a pleasing splash of color.

21 A few days ago I received an email from Jakub Jasinski, who photographed snow goose 45AX on the 17th. With his kind permission, I'm using his beautiful photo with my banded snow geese (toward the bottom).

Harry Dunbar, a scholar and writer, passed away in 2006, a fact which I only learned of recently. I'm updating my pages about him, beginning with an obituary written by his family.

14 Snow goose fun continues with a series of photos of individual blue snow geese.

I've updated my bibliography with the publication of "Barbara Bloodbath" (a fantasy), or you can visit Space and Time direct.

11 The snow geese celebration continues with an 80-second clip of a massive swarm. At 8 megs, having basic DSL or a cable modem is recommended.

10 The first of this year's snow geese video clips: A brief swarm (16 seconds)

8 Sue and I went to Middle Creek for the annual snow goose gathering on their spring migration. To begin, I've two photos: snow geese on ice and the beginning of a great swarm

Artwork

Cartoons:
The alien . . . Bushwacks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Clinton censured and his dress stain Feline and revolutionary Gateway to heaven Hillary Clinton, voting for Hillary, and her Cookoff Luck My Newtbook (many of 'em) $500 billion bailout Florida elections Remember! Saddam Hussein Award for Democracy The stain A thoughtful pair Westward, a tour thru the U.S. Zorro discovers Viagra
Paintings (computer & traditional):
Birthday landscapes Bluebird of happiness Castlerigg Stone Circle Copying portraits A Fantasy Some Flowers Knife and paper towel Sue portraits Swans Two Lake District watercolors Wet landscapes
Pen & inks:
Driven graphics Frentic graphics Two pleasant and two unpleasant drawings skeletal humor vole and wave Wooden personality
3D artwork & videos:
Allosaur skull Fantasy pipes (several pages) A Viking ship (with AVI) and some historical info Amundsen's ship Gjøa, Videos (with links by browser) Streaming video The Red Spot

Felines

Cloudberry:
As an artist Defining moment First monitor For a few inches more Her new tail [George] Mouse scratching post Not mom On a roll Presence with presents Standing Treats
George (the kitten): Coming of age
Lucy: Reflections Lucy and Mom Bear
Muffin:
Escort service The Persian in the sun Saying hello
Moonshadow (Street urchin): In the crater

Free graphics

Bar none (lines/rules) Flash clip art: Color-changing, 3d bars Geometric tiles (vivid) Real textures from Dino National Monument and the Petrified Forest

Javascript & Flash
Note: Net 3+ or IE 3+ for these.
(All my frames--if used--are anguish-free: you leave, they go.)

Game index
List and news of all the games at Lookoutnow.
Javascripts:
Color bars (set the options for a dynamic color bar). About. Or download a javascript color bar for your pages.
Contents (A random approach to my pages). About
Mancala (my online game of stones). Rules
Practical chess endgames (Net 3+ or IE 4+). About
Tic-tac-toe (with luck from blessed to bad karma)
Flash 5 (no frames)
Chicken Little: Save the Earth from alien invaders who are planting oil wells everywhere. Version 2 is also available. (arcade)
Mancala, v3.7a with 48 animated stones or download the free version
Online: MiniGOLF (original) or 18 Holes Plus
Download MiniGOLF or 36 Holes Plus
Paper Ships, journalism ain't yellow, or download the shareware version
Shell game

Lands of Woz

Books by Robert Woznicki, world traveler and historian

Pipes & tobacco

Ben Wades and more Paul Bonaquisti Tim Fuller Mark Tinsky My own design Le Nuvole Obtaining Condor Odds and ends (pipes) Pipe smoking and links 3D pipe cutaway Tobacco reviews

Places & Photos

Bryce Canyon: sunset and lightning, Fairyland castle, Along the rim to Fairyland Point, By moonlight, Trees, Bryce Point, western chipmunk, golden mantled ground squirrel, Steller's jay Kodachrome Basin: Lizards, Bees Petrified Forest National Park Zion National Park, Zion mule deer Petroglyphs Remembering the Red Fleet dinosaur trackway
Capitol Reef National Park:
Hickman Natural Bridge and trail Puzzle: anomaly or dino track? Three lizards Yellow-bellied marmot Goblin Valley State Park
Dinosaur National Monument:
The Quarry Juniper + personality Textures of silence Gopher snake and petroglyph: video (2.2 megs) or stills
Grasmere (Cumbria, England):
Light moods Mountain sheep Misty walks one and two My first fellwalk A stroll to Calf Crag Herdwick video or still Sunrise 20mm views by High Raise Twilight on Silver How Walking in weather
Iceland:
A horse ride Snorri's quotable line A stroll thru Akureyri The 10-hour tour Whooping swans and love
Coopers Pond (State College, Pennsylvania)
At the bird feeder: A list of my PA bird pages (with text and photos)
Butterflies: A list of my PA butterfly pages (with text and photos)
Bronty the groundhog; Baby groundhog and leaf
Squirrels: Eastern chipmunks at work and play; Captain AC Chipmunk; Arboreal chipmunk; Gray squirrels, Gone with the Corn, Gray stretch, Tiny Scoiattolo Jr., Dashing through snow; Red squirrels; Fox squirrels
The night visitor: a raccoon
White-tailed fawns; white-tailed deer and the leaf
Eastern cottontail and the bunny hop
An opossum
Red fox Black bear
Flowers: A blossom pair Two Flower macros Hibiscus flowers "Soft" magnolia blossom Dreamy roses of Sharon Touch-me-not and dewdrops A lovely bouquet
American toad Blue water bowl Two dragonfly and a tiny red dragonfly and a happy dragonfly Fireworks 2005 and 2006 and 2009 Foggy landscapes Frogs: bullfrogs, spring peepers, and wood frogs Giant ice sculptures A green bee Hawks: Fall 2005 hawk watch; Red-tailed hawk portraits and Says hey; Jo Hayes Vista, fall 2008; Identify that hawk, 2009. Hummingbird moth Ice landscapes by moonlight Ice X ten: forest icicles Icicles: Simple and complex, Dreamy and plane, Columns and bridge, amazing ice patterns, or ice art and snow creatures Jacks Mountain Hawkwatch, spring 2008 Knock knock: A red-bellied woodpecker wakes up a flying squirrel Starlings mobbing a Cooper's hawk: patterns Tundra swan patterns Turtles: eastern painted turtle, snapping turtle At Tussey Mountain: A red-tailed hawk Turkey vultures and golden eagles at Tussey Mountain Tussey spring 2006 hawk watch Winter dewdrop worlds
Bald Eagle State Park, Pennsylvania
Bald eagle flight, Eagle watch 1, eagle watch 2, (the best) Eagle watch 3 Monarch butterfly roundup Wild Resource Festival Immature bald eagle (2007) Eagle watch May 30, 2009 and June 19, 2009
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area (80,000 snow geese, March 2009)
Photos: Snow geese Swarming sequence Tundra swan and 2 snow geese wearing bands Individual snow geese
Videos: Snow geese flyby (3.8 megs) and the goosestorm (15.3 megs)
Long Island
Autumn flower macros Bayard Cutting Arboretum & young bunny Birds along the north fork Callery pear Canadian gosling 75 days with a Canadian goose family Catkin to leaf: 6 Aspen macros and Aspen overview Explosive heart of a daisy Firry snowman Flower to leaf: 5 Norway maple macros Fowler's toad & 2 macros Golden Eyes: a garter snake Hawk 2001: ice storm Pseudo ladybug Sunset . . . with flare
Saddle Rock (Long Island)
Backlit flowers Black-eyed Susans and punk bee Blue jay and cardinal A blue jay story Bunny hop Colorful damsels Extreme ladybugs & Ladybug antics Geodesic dandelion seeds Indian blanket Iris yellow flag Light through dewdrop Mallard family values Merlin: a pretty falcon Nightshade and other macros Nuthatch and kinglet Patience on the balcony Pinecone babies pussy willow catkins in bloom and growth cycle of female catkins on a white birch Rhododendrons Rose & bee, Minuscule bee Snowstorm (night), 2003 Spring 2002 flower macros Spring 2003: first pussy willow catkins and first crocuses Tiger swallowtail Water lilies 1 and 2 Web dewdrops Wetland in winter Wild violets

An undefined miscellany

Wild About Animals, Apr. 11, 2009, includes pages of photos and video
Centre County PAWS Walk-A-Thon, Apr. 18, 2009
Clip art? Bobbie Peachey! An alien lifeform . . . or a hibiscus? Butterfly macros (Red admiral!) Everyone knows . . . The fisheye and the corkscrew willow Flower macros Forsythias ice macros Idle remarks (thoughts after 3 a.m.) Jan Martin, Best Friends, and Tylertown Jim Baen, 1943-2006 2003 lunar eclipse and a big moon photo Northern Lights Peeking dove and "donut" bokeh Remembering whiteout spring '98 (via photos) Spring 2001: dew drops Spring 2003: Tree seed macros Spring 2007: Seven signs Sunspot 930 3 zooms to dew Ultra wide angle versus wide angle photography Yes people Zuni fetishes

Visitors

The first incarnation of these pages began 24 June 1995; the present one, at my own domain, began 25 October 1997.

A way out: Links!
E-mail is welcome--via a contact page.

I removed the guestbook because until times change, such pages are both a target and source of spam. And who needs that?

Writing and DTP

Fantasy and Science Fiction Writing
My bibliography, including comments on stories and magazines.
A reading: Masters of Fiction Coffeehouse, Schlow Library, Feb. 2009
Editing experiences
Alas the en dash Danger! Passive Voice Font selection (standard manuscript preparation) No time for Times William Morris: the Victorian who wasn't (with a free font)
A few of my DTP projects (artist-designer for hire!)
Beautiful Soup by Harvey Jacobs
A Brother Like Me by Harry Dunbar (& production note)
Growing the Soul by Anita Kirschner

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August 29		August is butterfly month. I've never seen such a variety before. Today, here's the striking white admiral.
22		How to be happy: Nature's secret revealed
		My new novel is progressing.
		Incidentally, I've been posting more photos on Facebook, although the best of them will probably also be here. Probably.
15		Small and striking: Ailanthus webworm moth. And a small butterfly: Common sootywing
8		Continuing my tiny theme, here are four large portraits of damselflies, photographs of flying needles, so to say.
1		August begins with some photos of a tiny, tiny and beautiful butterfly: the least skipper.
		Cheerful news: I received, signed, and returned a contract for Space and Time to publish my fantasy "The Inadvertent Wizard."

July 27		A anew bird for me from the Toftrees game land: a blue-gray gnatcatcher.
		Am I ever falling behind! For instance, the anthology Belong has received some good reviews for which I should post links.
18		A week later than I had intended, but here is my review of Philomena's Homecoming, an incredible children's book suitable for both young and old and anyone in between.
11		Continuing with my documentation of local birds (and I never imagined my list would grow so long), here is the barn swallow by Toftrees pond (they didn't have a handy barn).
5		I skipped the fireworks this year (too hot to go trekking with tripod, chair, camera, etc.), but here are some pretty wildflower blossoms of a coltsfoot
		Or perhaps you'd like to relax with a great-spangled fritillary enjoying delicious thistle nectar?

June 27		On June 17, Sue and I participated in the second paddle across the lake at Bald Eagle State Park to visit the bald eagle family.
		Yes, I missed posting a page last week. I had become caught up in working on one freelance editing project in order to begin another. The second project has disappeared, so I may have more time next week to put up an extra page. I hope. Freelancing is anything but predictable.
13		Friday evening was the first of two paddles across the lake at Bald Eagle State Park to visit the bald eagle family there.
		Not interested in bald eagles? What about a pretty photo of the butterfly Pearl Crescent?
6		The yellow-billed cuckoo is a handsome bird that helps keep tent caterpillar populations in check.
		Today and yesterday I watched the agility trials of the Nita Nee Kennel Club. Amazing. I've never seen so many well-controlled, well-behaved, and talented dogs before. The handlers were pretty good too.

May 30		Don't Mess with Mom: Earlier in the week, I had come across three mom common snapping turtles who were busy nesting.
23		I had a choice of several different subjects for a page, but yesterday I was impressed by a green heron fishing for lunch.
		Since learning of Harry Dunbar's death, I wanted to put up a selection of his favorite pages from Dunbar on Black Books, which is now - at last - ready.
16		Spring is rushing by, and I've a backlog of birds and flowers that I'd like to add; for now, however, let me show two beautiful butterflies: American Lady and Red Admiral.
		I've had a fantasy story accepted by Space and Time this week. Once I receive the contract, I'll add more info.
9		About twenty or so species of warblers come through State College in the spring. The yellow warbler is one of those that stay during the warm weather.
		This is the weekend of the AAUW Used Book Sale, one of the largest on the East Coast. Talk about good fun! Add that to the reasons why I love State College.
5		The American bittern on a rare visit to State College
		So what happened to April? The beginning of the month was fun, inasmuch as I photographed the Wild About Animals event (thus pages are finished; I'm waiting for final approval before showing them). Afterward I became caught up with a rush assignment and the flu. But life is now returning to normal, or as normal as it can ever hope to be.

Apr. 4		I had a grand time over at the 11th Wild About Animals event at the State College Ag Arena, and am in the process of sorting through hundreds of photos to put on a good web display of the event. Maybe by next weekend . . . ? Of course, I'd prefer to finish earlier. (In the meantime, last year's WAA is here.)
		In the meantime, for the sake of having something new, several days ago I had a close encounter with an osprey, and my best osprey flight photos were the result.

Mar. 28		Today's new page includes two of my favorite snow goose photos.
		The past several days have been one happy surprise after another because my family has discovered me. I now have several cousins and an aunt - all great people!
		Belong, the Australian SF anthology has been published. I've more information about it on my bibliography. Or you can go to the blog of editor Russell B. Farr for a detailed account of stories, story selection, and authors.
		A modest proposal to end big government in the US: Cut the senate in half; that is, have fifty senators (one per state) instead of a hundred. The new senate would be as inept as ever, but we'd be paying for fewer of them.
23		I've started adding cover images in my bibliography; they add a pleasing splash of color.
21		A few days ago I received an email from Jakub Jasinski, who photographed snow goose 45AX on the 17th. With his kind permission, I'm using his beautiful photo with my banded snow geese (toward the bottom).
		Harry Dunbar, a scholar and writer, passed away in 2006, a fact which I only learned of recently. I'm updating my pages about him, beginning with an obituary written by his family.
14		Snow goose fun continues with a series of photos of individual blue snow geese.
		I've updated my bibliography with the publication of "Barbara Bloodbath" (a fantasy), or you can visit Space and Time direct.
11		The snow geese celebration continues with an 80-second clip of a massive swarm. At 8 megs, having basic DSL or a cable modem is recommended.
10		The first of this year's snow geese video clips: A brief swarm (16 seconds)
8		Sue and I went to Middle Creek for the annual snow goose gathering on their spring migration. To begin, I've two photos: snow geese on ice and the beginning of a great swarm

	Fantasy and Science Fiction Writing My bibliography, including comments on stories and magazines. A reading: Masters of Fiction Coffeehouse, Schlow Library, Feb. 2009 Editing experiences Alas the en dash Danger! Passive Voice Font selection (standard manuscript preparation) No time for Times William Morris: the Victorian who wasn't (with a free font) A few of my DTP projects (artist-designer for hire!) Beautiful Soup by Harvey Jacobs A Brother Like Me by Harry Dunbar (& production note) Growing the Soul by Anita Kirschner

	Member of