Above, an apricot tree bursts into bloom.

The world watches, transfixed by the earthquake and tsunami news coming from Japan. The first link below is one way you can help, right now.

Other links include security concerns about being scanned while walking down the sidewalk, bitter ebook practices by …

Above is a bit of an action shot: the camera is pointing approximately south-east while going over the Mark Clark Expressway (I526) from North Charleston, South Carolina onto Daniel Island.

And speaking of action, we’ve really had it this week, no? Wikileaks, TSA, Gwyneth Paltrow — we overfloweth …

Above: a view of one of our pastures in the early morning light.

Below: this week has been quite juicy, with the debacle over the TSA’s new security procedures, a neat new tool you can use to balance the budget yourself (since, evidently, no one else is willing), a few insights into why the …