McCain's Corner

circa 1973     circa 1975   

Irish actor Dave Swift in Redshank attire circa late 1500s The text below is a chapter from my book 'The Laggan Redshanks, The High...

There is much interest these days in the Paleo Diet (abbreviated from paleolithic diet).  It is also popularly referred to as the caveman di...

House Finch Above is a photo of a House Finch.  Interesting history on this bird, they are an 'introduced'  species in the ...

 Nasa says I should worship Al Gore for fear of vengeance from 'green' aliens from planet Beta B. I would like to know is there a ...

'If you mean whiskey, the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys th...

I think it was Annie Dillard who described Mother Nature as 'the big chomp.'  Her point was Mother Nature is brutal and death is eve...

  Mississippi Kite I see a pair Mississippi Kites on my property often this days; amazing birds, very beautiful with incredible ...

I borrowed this off an educational website.  And why you ask?  Because Oxford is being overrun with Marmots. I see these creatures everywh...