Life at DrTom's

DrTom shares his intellectual inquiries, mental musings, and awkward adventures in upstate New York and around the world. Betcha can’t read just one.

"To hell with facts! We need stories!"
— Ken Kesey

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

What in the world is Danby?

(Make sure you come with a full gas tank. We have no gas station.) The late Carl Sagan, who was a professor at Cornell, once said th...

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Of invasive plants and Big Macs

(A McDonalds in Cairo. Your order please. Hamburger or hummus?) One of the first-hand observations I have made over the past few year...

Saturday, October 31, 2009

A poem by Wendell Berry

(This the first time I have ever used someone else's writing for my blog. But this Wendell Berry poem, which I only discovered recen...

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Swine flu: Avoiding everyone and everything

(DrTom is now prepared to go to the grocery to pick up some milk and bread, no longer fearful of the H1N1 virus.) The swine flu, or H1N...

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