[ Honorary Silverback status to this guy. SB SM] On July 31st, Etienne Klein, research director of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, tweeted the photo to his 90,000+ followers on Twitter and claimed that it was a new Webb telescope photo showing the closest star to our Sun. “Picture of Proxima Centauri,... Continue Reading →
[If you would answer this question as I would ("The tallest animal in The Jungle with an extremely long neck.), then take a look at how true scholars approach the same question. SB SM] from: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu The giraffe is such an outlandish animal that many otherwise sensible people have thought that it must be a... Continue Reading →
(published originally on December 18, 2020) Today's our day to be silly. Be silly with us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIxYCDbRGJc&feature=youtu.be Little known facts about the 15th Century England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a bone-house,... Continue Reading →
Australia’s revenge! from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Suggested by Silverbelle Kate (Hinesburg SBs) 4 Jul 2022 RICHARD GLOVER Richard Glover presents the “Drive” show on ABC Radio Sydney. He’s a former news editor and European correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald. In recent years, American parents have been noting a startling change in their children: Some... Continue Reading →
Today on Silverback Digest we bring you something that came to us by way or Recomendo.com by way of Medium.com. The site is The Pudding https://pudding.cool, and here is their self-description: "The pudding is a digital publication that explains ideas debated in culture with visual essays is the best internet rabbit hole. You might have seen our story... Continue Reading →
Originally published on January 29, 2021. This was the culmination of an entire week of images contributed by SilverBelles, 'Backs, Babes, and Bucks. Are we due for another? Yesterday SilverBelle Mamie, pictured with her daughter Charron, turned 98! As far as we know, she is the oldest resident of The Jungle. Congratulations, Mamie, and many... Continue Reading →
[We have a good thing going with our neighbor, Silverback David (Gilead Road SBs). His hens produce more eggs than his family can consume, so he makes them available to us. He doesn't ask for anything in return, but we try to return the generosity with something of value. Sometimes it's something from the garden,... Continue Reading →
[The garlic scapes arrive in late June. They must sneak in during the night, because one day you look around the garden and suddenly all the garlics are shooting up scapes. I grill 'em, poach 'em, saute 'em, fry 'em, and give 'em away. They are serious freaks of nature. It's hard to know where... Continue Reading →
[For the last few years my Cuzzins and spouses have gathered at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine to reminisce about growing up on Post Island, a small community just south of Boston where there's a very active Silverback presence in the beachfront Jungle. This year's gathering was a little more poignant than past years, because... Continue Reading →
[It's been a lovely spring. A bit on the dry side, but not so much that anything is burning up. On the vegetable front, I have had a difficult time getting seeds to germinate. The cause of this eludes me ... the dryness?, the seed source? (Baker Heirlooms), personal incompetence (most likely). The status as... Continue Reading →
