This is a tree, both normal and abnormal. Normal: medium-sized and unsurprising in aspect. Abnormal: very ancient, going back to the Tertiary; and long-lived, often…
A scientist and a writer
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A scientist and a writer
This is a tree, both normal and abnormal. Normal: medium-sized and unsurprising in aspect. Abnormal: very ancient, going back to the Tertiary; and long-lived, often…
It is a tree, that reaches a height of usually 15-20 m (50-65 ft). The trunk itself is slender, its diameter at chest-height about 30…
Their flower is the distinctive aspect of the Lamiaceae, their petals being fused into an upper lip and a lower lip. As to the name…
One tends to notice people who try hard not to be noticed. Cops are trained in this regard, with respect to e.g. drug-dealers. In France,…
This plant originated in Northeastern Africa, in the highlands of Ethiopia and the Boma plateau of Sudan. It is a vigorous bush or small tree…
With a few others, the two Williams, Faulkner and Saroyan, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain and more recently, Barry Lopez, Phyllys Rose, James Salter, John…
The name ‘baobab’ is of Arabic origin: abu hibab refers to a fruit with numeous seeds. The genus name refers to the French naturalist Michel…
I learned Latin as a child, in a French secondary school (lycée). The Latin teacher, who had likewise learned this ancient language as a child,…
A perennial plant, with a tall straight stem, lanceolate, toothed, rough leaves, terminal, radiate, yellow and brown flowers. and roots shaped into tubercles. The latter…
I am fond of nibbling on walnuts and shelling them. This may be a cultural legacy: as my name shows, I am of Hungarian descent…