Inspiration from simplicity and the skeletal scaffolding of wood and bone… — When I was a youngster, I was both repelled and fascinated by skeletons and the remains of the dead. …

Jeff Bridges, The Dude, has been diagnosed with lymphoma… — Jeff Bridges — New S**T has come to light Just so we’re clear, that handsome middle aged duuude is not me. That is The Dude. Jeff Bridges. And he (as The Dude) is my profile photo. If you have not seen The Big Lebowski, starring Jeffrey Leon Bridges as The Dude, you have to check it out. …

“…whilst this planet has gone circling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.” — C. Darwin Working backwards to the origin of life… William F. Martin, Ph.D. is a former carpenter, born in Bethesda, Maryland, educated in Texas…

New in our humble home for wayward words (Nov 1–7)… — The Humble Home for Wayward Words… Thank you to all the wonderful and faithful writers and readers of WotWU for sticking with this idiosyncratic publication despite my recent benign neglect. …

New in our humble home for wayward words (Oct 25–31)… — The Humble Home for Wayward Words… Thank you to all the wonderful and faithful writers and readers of WotWU for sticking with this idiosyncratic publication despite my recent benign neglect. …

New in our humble home for wayward words (Oct 18–24)… — The Humble Home for Wayward Words… Thank you to all the wonderful and faithful writers and readers of WotWU for sticking with this idiosyncratic publication despite my recent benign neglect. …

New in our humble home for wayward words (Oct 11–17)… — The Humble Home for Wayward Words… Thank you to all the wonderful and faithful writers and readers of WotWU for sticking with this idiosyncratic publication despite my recent benign neglect. …

New in our humble home for wayward words (Oct 4–10)… — The Humble Home for Wayward Words… Thank you to all the wonderful and faithful writers and readers of WotWU for sticking with this idiosyncratic publication despite my recent benign neglect. …

New in our humble home for wayward words (Sep 27 — Oct 3)… — The Humble Home for Wayward Words… All you wonderful readers and writers for WotWU, please take a moment and reach out to Adelia Ritchie and thank her for her wonderful work keeping WotWU up and running in my absence. Comments here or a private note in any WotWU story should make it to her. Please note…