Monthly Archives: March 2014

Winter must be officially over — Andy took the snowplow off the truck and stored it in the shed. And he removed the load of wood — used for ballast — from the back of the truck. The woodpile continues … Continue reading →

I worked on income tax yesterday and didn’t finish the post I was writing, but this article, Chemists Have Discovered Marinating Meat With Beer Can Curb Cancer, lifted my spirits and tickled my funny bone. I was grateful for the … Continue reading →

The Athena project is being developed by several institutions, lead by Los Alamos National Laboratory and funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The idea is to develop “homo minutus”, a system small enough to fit on a desktop yet … Continue reading →

The Kenyan government is planning to use drones to help stop the organized gangs who are killing elephants for their tusks and rhinos for their horns. I hope it helps. Horns and tusks are in high demand in the Far … Continue reading →

Dan Gilbert is an entertaining speaker! Do you agree with anything he says? I’ve been an underachiever/uninterested in worldly achievement most of my life — in Gilbert’s terms my ambition has definitely been “bounded.” I agree with him that it’s … Continue reading →

Do you think life/your life has meaning? For me, of course, it’s avoiding being eaten by a crocodile. (Originally the subtitle of this blog was Happiness as a Spiritual Practice. I was surprised when some people actually read my posts … Continue reading →

Glenn Kessler at the Washington Post asks readers What are the biggest presidential lies in recent history? That’s a no-brainer for Andy and me, since recent history includes Eisenhower. We’re still ranting about the U-2 incident, If Ike would lie … Continue reading →

As I said in yesterday’s post, the elk up on our land are wild enough to run from Andy. But years ago there was a creature that repeatedly tried to attack him — a fearless, but not too bright, grouse. … Continue reading →

Audra told me about this video, taken last November at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Apparently the fellow recording it was taking pictures of the elk when he saw this buck harassing the photographer. So the cameraman switched his … Continue reading →

It’s spring! Andy’s woodpile lasted the winter: The pussy willow has catkins. And the daffodils are starting to come up. Andy has also ordered some fruit trees and will plant them when they arrive. What is it like where you … Continue reading →