My ruminations are when, from time to time, I give vent to my preacher’s impulse to comment on all manner of things.
GABA stands for Gamma-Aminobutyric acid. It is an inhibitory neurotransmitter. It has been studied extensively in animals not least because clinical observations suggest that it may play a role in human disorders as well, though that has been difficult to demonstrate. Until now that is. The December 17, 2015 issue of Current Biology reported the [...]
We have a Regulator D, eight-day clock with Roman numerals that hangs in our dining room. It's from an old school house. It chimes on the hour and keeps rather good time (when I am careful to make the right adjustments, and dutiful in keeping it wound). However, from time to time I forget to wind it, [...]
Chanel (though I didn't name her; that really is her name) had a calf early on Labor Day. When I checked on her Sunday evening she seemed her usual very pregnant self. She had missed what I thought was her due date by a week. Since she was naturally covered (bred by a bull in [...]
Friday I took my five Bronze Turkeys to be butchered. It was hard. Turkeys were an after-thought on our farm. On a friend's farm I saw one and I thought how interesting the turkey was, just regally strutting around, as turkeys (I have learned) tend to do. So this spring I bought six day-old poults. [...]