Mixed Meters

Humans need holidays. Otherwise our lives would get just too bleak. And what could be more bleak than the winter solstice in the northern...

Much to my embarrassment, back in May Mixed Meters correctly predicted the winner of this presidential election.  What could I have been th...

I made a video of hummingbirds buzzing about our backyard.  I'm fascinated by hummingbirds, tiny bundles of iridescent fluff with high-s...

September 15 was the eleventh anniversary of Mixed Meters.  I must have started this blog for some good reason.  Right? In my very first ...

Music students who are fans of opera - or who, like me, were friends of fans of opera - inevitably get exposed to the singing of Florence Fo...

Years ago Leslie optimistically planted some strawberries in our back yard. The plants did not thrive in our hot dry summers, although one ...

Back in April I posted pictures of Leslie's carnivorous plants  thriving in her garden. I called it the Danger Garden.  Dangerous only i...

Lacking the time to create a blog post at the high standards you expect, I've created one at the low standards you also expect.  Yes, it...

Warning - if you don't like the F-word permanently incorporated into the presumed Republican candidate's name you might want to sta...