Back from vacation

Yes, even this blog takes time off occasionally. For me, that involved a quick trip to the Eastern Shore. The image is just another sunset off a cove near St. Michaels. That water is crawling with lots of blue crabs and oysters–so it all fits with the theme of marine biology (meep meep).

But now we’re back, and just in time for DC’s muggiest and hottest days. We get through these, with the AC running, and it’s all down hill.

Onto the Caribbean….

We dodged the proverbial bullet here in Washington DC as the monster blizzard does what it has to do to vast swaths of the rest of the US. The upshot is that I’ll be able to leave town tomorrow for a week’s vacation. Email access will be minimal, but if I happen onto any blog-worthy ideas, I’ll probably manage to post them at some point.