Posted: 20^th May 2019

Merry Days Indoors and Out

Are you like that bumblebee? Working hard, making hay while the sun shines? We've had some lovely, warm spring days around the Post Office, with lots of bird and bee activity. Of course, it being rural western Pennsylvania, we've also had more than our share of rain. At time of writing, the skies are grey, Lola the dog doesn't want to go outside because she will get her feet wet, and we've turned on the heat to take the chill off. Plus ça change. But whether you're engaged in indoor or outdoor activity, you're going to enjoy the current issue of the Post, because it's got lots of both.

Here's a rundown of some of this week's highlights:

• First, there are the Hoggett cats. No, the big one is not related to the little ones. The big one is a tomcat, and he babysits. Bobstafford has cats, too, and is not afraid to photograph them. We even found a cat sculpture – okay, it's a lion. It's religious, by Tilman Riemenschneider. So we're covered on the kitty front.
• Speaking of nature: Willem has been out in it. Read about the lizard hunt, and admire the specimen. You will not believe your eyes.
• Paigetheoracle gets out, too, which we're glad of. Once again, he invites us to take a really good look at some tree roots.
• Prefer to stay indoors during allergy season? We don't blame you. Amy P has more h2g2 reminiscing (with photos). SashaQ reports on the anniversary Meet (also with photo). You can read about cinema, try your hand at the quizzes, laugh at the cartoons and comics, and pore over the fiction and poetry. I brought videos: the musical offering may please Hitchhikers fans.
• Speaking of poetry: we have a voice from the past, reaching across time and space. We also have a brand-new poem by Pinniped. This poem is the genuine article. It's so high-class that the Post Editor had to work hard to format it. That's how elegant and high-class it is. We hope you will be suitably appreciative. On no account are you to laugh.
• And ah, the fiction: Freewayriding has done it again. Welcome to his world, somewhere one step beyond the twilight zone. Just take the second wormhole to the right.
• And then there is Paigetheoracle's personal story involving love, loss, and things that run, swim, and fly. Please read and share your own thoughts and experiences.
• Awix informs us that this is his 600th review for the h2g2 Post. He suggests that I will claim that 'this is the first time anyone has done the same thing 600 times on the internet.' Not so: the internet also includes 2legs, Bluebottle, and the cat that wantz cheezburgerz. 600 film reviews, however, constitutes a major accomplishment. This week's is really good: be sure to read and appreciate. I want to see these movies, and they're in Japanese.

Been bird watching this weekend also, to the forests of Magoebaskloof.

Willem (Who else?)

May Create Challenge: 42 Steps

Dmitri Gheorgheni

• Lizard Hunt!
  

• Paige's Roots
  

• Caption the Sun
  

• Obligatory Feline
  

HEAD TRIPS

• 24 Lies a Second

For the 600th time.

• Post Quiz

European anthems.

• Picture Quiz

Don't open this.

• Video

Ask a Glass of Water.

THE GREAT INDOORS

• h2g2 Memories
  

• Fiction: Satis
  

• Q Memories
  

• Loved and Lost
  

• Art History 101

Obligatory Bible cat.

• Gheorgheniplex

Tech support snark.

• Cartoon Corner

Two-horse town.

• It's a Sign

Missing letters.

• h2g2 Photography

Willow weep for me.

• h2g2 Photography

bob's black-and-white challenge.

• Video

Rainy Day Drive.

• Writing Right
  with Dmitri

Respecting truth.

• h2g2 Poem


A Taxonomy of Poetry

• h2g2 Poem

Poem Across Space and Time.

• Desideria, Page 25

• Career Curiosities