I’m always careful not to waste food. (Insert joke about sale of Brooklyn Bridge or waterfront lots in Arizona here.) So after cutting the rind off a pork roast, I popped the scraps into a pot of water and boiled it to make stock. The result – gelatinous glop. Julia Child probably could have turned [...]
Tag Archives: birds
The Birds are Counting on Us
If you can’t get ahold of a friend today don’t worry, they’ve probably left the cell phone on the kitchen counter and headed outside to count birds. The Great Backyard Bird Count Today is the first day of the annual Backyard Bird Count, and bird aficionados all over North America are out with binocs and [...]
How to appreciate a species
Tidal Life takes place primarily where the land meets the sea, and it’s no secret to anyone who’s visited this site before that I prefer that everyone who wants to spend some time in that zone has the chance. A lot of animals and birds spend time in that zone as well, and it’s a basic [...]
Cats, birds, vows … Train wreck
Pet cats belong on only one website on the whole internets – icanhascheezburger.com. I vowed when I started Tidal Life that I would never post about my cat. Broken! This is Tito. I buy all my furnishings to match her. Unlike many bloggers’ cats apparently, Tito hates the camera. I’ve forced her to appear here [...]
Beach walk, beach finds
I accompanied my friend Candace on her monthly dead bird hunt. A member of COASST, the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team, Candace tracks a mile of Puget Sound shore for avian remains. Lucky for the bird population we didn’t find any bodies. Here’s what we found instead.This charming yellow sailboat was pulled up to [...]
A cacophany of thoughts
It’s been hard to get out to /on the water lately. Busy days, early sunsets and freezing temperatures have conspired to keep me inside the office, my car, various shops and the house. But I have been keeping track of the sunrises over the last few days. Whether colorful or not, they’ve been stunning. This [...]
