Art Zemon's Blog Posts

Today, a Red-Shouldered Hawk decided to perch on one of our deck posts for an hour or two. I am pretty sure that it was hunting voles, of which Candy and I are more than willing to share from our overly bountiful cache. Hopefully, the bird ate well. It stayed on the post plenty long […]

So many kinds of chocolate. So many kinds of heaven. Sure, I appreciate a fine, dark chocolate. But there is still a special place in my heart for the chocolates that I learned to love as a boy. Double-chocolate cake Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Kit-Kats Donettes (though I have to admit that the powdered sugar […]

It’s pretty cool that I can look at the night sky and see bright spots of light. It’s even cooler that there are apps for my phone which identify those spots of light. My favorite is Sky Map for Android. But most cool is that there are astronomers, like my friend Murray, who tell us […]

Imagine opening the door to your home on a warm fall day. You inhale a whole universe full of apple pie. Mmmmmm. Cinnamon. Now imagine that pumpkin spice latte. Allspice. Have you ever sprinkled nutmeg on French toast while you cook it? Try it! Do you know what makes chai tea so good? Cardamom, cinnamon, […]

The tiny things in nature delight me, like the littlest feathers on Robin Hood’s forehead. Here are three of them, along with a sesame seed for scale. The feathers on a Red Lored Amazon parrot’s forehead are so short and dense that it almost looks like fur.

Contrails are beautiful. Here is what I saw tonight, sitting on my deck, sipping Turkish coffee.

Radio is not just good, it is great! Once upon a time, it only brought music into my bedroom and into my car. Do you remember AM radio? I used to have one of these Panasonic ball radios. These days, radio is so much more. It makes my cell phone work, of course. It drives […]

It is truly amazing that we have a day every week set aside from the others for rest and rejuvenation. I am talking about the sabbath, of course. The English word “sabbath” descends from the Hebrew word “shabbat.” We Americans know the word as a noun (the seventh day of the week) but it started […]

I got out of my car and waved hello to Brian. He is rents the hangar next to mine at Smartt Airport in St. Charles county. Brian introduced me to Mary, his wife. Then Brian told me that he had run into my son, David, at Fritz’s Frozen Custard, which is just a couple of […]

Several years ago, I had a huge problems with both my prostate and my urinary bladder. Had it not been for modern surgery, I would have died because I could not urinate. It gave me a special appreciation that, not only can my body take in the things that it needs, but it also eliminates […]

I do not know who the genius was who figured out that frying food is a giant leap toward nirvana or heaven or where-ever you believe in. Indubitably, they deserve an especially delicious place in eternity and a never-ending shower of accolades and riches. Mmmmmmmmmmm. Who doesn’t appreciate falafels, Cheetos (the puffy kind not those […]