Monthly Archives: February 2015

Headline in our local online newspaper: Parade Of Storms To Continue Through Sunday Yes, winter has returned. (Andy would say arrived, since we didn’t have much earlier.) He was late getting up there yesterday because he had to jump start … Continue reading →

I’ve been feeling a bit sad the past couple of days — it’s a predictable side effect of watching Ken Burns’ The Roosevelts, An Intimate History. The story of Franklin and Eleanor, the Depression, and two world wars are enough … Continue reading →

I read this quote by William James years ago, and it has always intrigued me. Keep the faculty of effort alive in you by a little gratuitous exercise every day. That is, be systematically heroic in little unnecessary points; do … Continue reading →

Razor is a little dachshund who tried everything in his power to tell humans that his “sister” Jazzie, an 180-pound St. Bernard, was stuck in an icy, muddy ditch and couldn’t get out. His hu-dad just didn’t get it: …he … Continue reading →

It was winter again yesterday — 12°F down here, 18°F up on the land. (We often have temperature inversions when the weather comes from the east.) It’s supposed to get above freezing today. One forecast says more snow, one says … Continue reading →

It was cold, slightly windy, and snowy today, so Andy built a fire and worked on designing his electronics. Here’s the tentative schematic for some of it: And here’s what he has so far for the layout of the corresponding … Continue reading →

I made a couple of comments that struck all the wrong tone a few days ago, and I’ve replaced them with a more appropriate response and apologized to the commenter. I worry that I hurt the commenter’s feelings/made him feel … Continue reading →

One of the consequences of the 2011 fire is the steepest part of the burn scar is now ideal for bighorn sheep. The herd up in the northern part of the state was becoming too large for its food supply, … Continue reading →

Good-humor is a philosophic state of mind; it seems to say to Nature that we take her no more seriously than she takes us. I maintain that one should always talk of philosophy with a smile. — William James, The … Continue reading →

If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, “He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.” —-Epictetus … Continue reading →