Monthly Archives: September 2015

Even after watching this video I still can’t pronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. It is a catchy tune, the pictures in the video are beautiful, but I’m still hopeless. That’s why I’m so impressed by this weatherman who didn’t skip a beat when … Continue reading →

Last Friday when we went up to the land, Andy pointed out the pine cone on the limber pine Beate and Tim gave him a couple of years ago. By Thursday evening the pine cone had started to open: How … Continue reading →

We took advantage of the beautiful late-summer day to have another picnic on the land yesterday afternoon/evening. The vegetation is getting ready for winter — the grass is turning yellow, and the aspens are starting to look dull. So far … Continue reading →

Tuesday the fellow came up to refill our propane tank, and Andy has been busy chopping wood for the winter. He’s hoping to chop another stack like the one above. That would be three times the amount he burned last … Continue reading →

A recent Glasbergen cartoon shows a father saying to his kid with a smart phone, Something to make the world look sane again — is there an app for that? Unfortunately there isn’t, but thanks to the internet I don’t … Continue reading →

Our apartment complex changed owners last year, and the new management has been making a lot of changes. The big one so far for us has been the new double-pane windows, and as people move out they have been updating … Continue reading →

The abuse of drones is one part of modern technology I would love to see stopped. For instance, drone fishing: What about you? September 14, 2015  

There are some things I don’t like about modern technology, but unlike Pig I do love parts of it. Kaitlin and Torben always drive to Ann Arbor, Michigan whenever there is a home game in the University of Michigan football … Continue reading →

We had dinner up on the land yesterday afternoon so I could see the work Andy, Orlando, and Larry did this past week. Here are a couple of views of the old driveway, where they tried sloping the road so … Continue reading →

Andy, Orlando, and Larry worked on our part of the road today, first digging out the basins of all of the culverts up to the house, then installing a new culvert toward the bottom of the road. When they finished … Continue reading →