Happy 97th Birthday, Tom Lehrer!

Blue, pink, yellow, and purple candles spell out Happy Birthday on a white frosted layer cake with oreo cookie decorations standing upright on the cake edge.

A very happy 97th birthday to Tom Lehrer, American child prodigy, songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematics lecturer.

I first heard about Tom Lehrer years ago, when I took high school chemistry.

My chemistry teacher, Mr. O as we called him, was the kind of teacher you and your friends would visit after school in the chemistry lab for 1 1/2 hours.

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Photo of the Week: Native Plants at Belle Isle State Park

A blue and white horizontal banner with the words Protect the Plants, Please stay on the path, Native plants at work, with the blue water of the Detroit River in the background along with several tall brick buildings on the far side of the river.

When I went birding at Belle Isle State Park this weekend, I found black fabric lining the shoreline as a type of fence around a majority of the park.

I didn’t know what it was, so I stopped at the Nature Center to ask the staff.

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