Journal of a Sabbatical

May 23, 2000

commonplace book ii

Today's Reading: Uttermost Part of the Earth by E. Lucas Bridges

Today's Starting Pitcher:
Pedro Martinez

Pedro did not have his good stuff tonight, and got his second loss of the season. But the Sox are still in first place.

It occurred to me that a weblog or a blog is sort of a kind of commonplace book also - where people jot down inspiring links.

Today's Thoreau secret decoder ring entries:

Sylvia striata

Dendroica striata, blackpoll warbler

Sylvia pardalina

Canada warbler

Eleocharis palustris

common spikesage, also called spikerush - a picture of it

Critchicrotches

Acorus calamus, sweet flag, calamus and lots of other names(with picture) not to mention interesting mood effects.