today i ran across my silkworm picture. it was taken in china at a silk museum and the exhibit included silkworms munching on mulberry leaves, seeing silk produced, and an opportunity to buy all sorts of specimens of beautifully woven silk.

but i got stuck at the exhibit and couldn't spend any less time with the silkworms themselves. first of all, silkworms are cute. really cute. they have faces, big beautiful eyes and an arch that, to my anthropomorphizing mind, is really like a big fabu... read more