Monthly Archives: April 2019

We were lucky with the weather when our visitors were here this past week. It’s windy and snowing outside down here right now and it was 29°, blowing, and snowing up on the land when Andy left before 3 this … Continue reading →

David and Jane, Andy’s brother and sister-in-law, were in Santa Fe for a couple of days and came up for a visit. They arrived about 9:45 this morning, and since it was such a beautiful day we took a short … Continue reading →

We took another walk over, under, and around fallen trees today, and later Torben, Kaitlin, and Andy got out the saw and cleared two of the many trees off the road. They left here about 7:45 this evening and will … Continue reading →

We went up to the land with Kaitlin and Torben today, and among other things we took a walk. I had an easier time than Andy did in some spots, because Kaitlin and Torben cleared away some of the branches, … Continue reading →

We picked up Andy’s sister and brother-in-law, AE and Eric, at the Santa Fe airport Wednesday afternoon, and they and Andy just left to take them back to the airport. Also Kaitlin just wrote to say she and Torben landed … Continue reading →

Can you boost your memory by walking backward? Apparently in some cases it can happen, but they haven’t figured out why it works. In the meantime, will walking backward help boost your short-term memory? “This study would suggest that there … Continue reading →

Griffin Spikoski spends as much as 18 hours a day glued to his computer screen playing the wildly popular, multi-player video game Fortnite. His YouTube channel — where he regularly uploads videos of himself playing the online game — has … Continue reading →

In a recent comment peppylady asked, Can you believe winter is gone[?] And I burst out laughing when Diane wrote, Yay for April! Goodbye March, and don’t let the door hit you on the way out! Unfortunately around here there … Continue reading →

As we’ve mentioned more than once, the dead trees keep breaking off and falling. Notice the new one this side of the shed. Here are a couple more examples. Andy took a walk down to Beate and Tim’s Saturday and … Continue reading →

The snow accumulated here last night: But it had melted by this afternoon. Andy put chains on the Jeep driving up, both in case he needed them and also to beat down the snow so it would melt faster. You … Continue reading →