A manatee and a mail truck

USPS Manatee stamp

I have been experiencing some problems with mail delivery via the USPS over the past few months. What happens is that someone mails me something, and it gets returned to the sender with a yellow sticker that says “not deliverable as addressed,” even though it’s my correct address. Then the person sends it a second … Read more

Honey locust pods and faces in the street

honey locust pod photo and illustration

On my travels walking around Pittsburgh, I noticed some brown pods laying in the street, and while I’ve seen these things before, I didn’t know what they were called or what they were from. A little research tells me that they’re “honey locust pods.” The honey locust tree (scientific name “gleditsia triacanthos”), is a deciduous … Read more

Balloon art in the streets of New York City

Bighead Balloons installation in downtown New York City

I was walking north on Hudson Street approaching Leroy Street in downtown NYC when I noticed this balloon art attached to the stoplight and crosswalk sign pole. A closer look revealed a Santa-like face with blue eyes and a big white beard and a red heart balloon above it labeled “hug zone,” with a peace … Read more

A ghostly face in the church window

Church in Belleville NJ

I was walking around a Belleville (NJ) neighborhood, when I walked by this church and did a double-take. The white shape in that window, it seemed to have a suggestive shape. If you look more-closely, as I have below left, do you see the suggestion of a forehead and brow, with the right-side eye in … Read more

Threats for the Space Force to consider: nesting doll satellites!

Russian nesting dolls

I was reading something about the U.S. Space Force, and the threats that exist in outer space, and some of the details caught me by surprise, or rather, they were ideas that seemed like science fiction that in fact are real now. The one that grabbed my attention was the existence of Russian “nesting doll” … Read more