A lazy blog archive entry: My favorite path and a PufferFish

| March 25, 2026

If I were smart, I’d claim my favorite view would be “looking at my wife” … but what makes this all the better … is the scene; it is my favorite view in the morning, in the afternoon or even evening. All my worries and concerns disappear when I am walking to the beach on […]

An unusual beach find: Ophichthidae known as a Snake Eel

| March 21, 2026

Snake eels are common in Florida waters, including along the Atlantic coast (although this dried up one was the first for us on Delray Beach, Florida). They have long, slender, snake-like bodies with mottled or brownish patterns for camouflage in sand/mud, and they often burrow into the seafloor. According to my reading, “when storms, red […]

Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

  1. lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
  2. digressing from or unconnected with the main subject; random: a desultory remark.
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