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Archive for the ‘Science’ Category

  • Tool Time Janet – Episode 1: Fence Pliers

    06 Jun 2011

      I have to admit. I am enamored with tools. Given the right equipment, whether its sewing, carpentry, farming, or…

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  • Mother’s Day

    09 May 2011

    It was the night before, tired from putting grout into the tiny little crevices we had created in the tile…

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  • Calling all… Jews, Gentiles, Non Believers alike…

    29 Mar 2011

    This is for any of you out there who are curious. Or who doubt. Or who want to know what…

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  • Close Encounters of the Fish Kind

    04 Mar 2011

    We leave Cuatro CiĆ©negas today and head for planes going out of Mexico. We will take a recreational swim this…

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  • This week’s Five

    Selected Fire Facts

    1. Over 1million acres burned in wildfires in Texas this summer.

    2. Wildfire is first recorded in the Late Silurian fossil record, 420 million years ago, by fossils of charcoalified plants. Apparently not due to anthropogenic interference.

    3. The name 'bonfire' is believed to be derived from the Celtic custom of burning the bones of the cattle which were slaughtered at Samhain - a 'bone fire'.

    4. Celebratory bonfires have historical precedence in Alpine and Central Europe, Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan Scandinavia, Slavic Europe, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and College Station.

    5. "He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances", quoted from Jack London in "To Build A Fire'.

  • In the most recent past…

    • Saturday in Patagonia
    • Patagonia…
    • Somewhere over the Austrian Alps, ca. 1991. Approx. 3500m altitude, declining.
    • 90 Minutes In Heaven by Don Piper
    • To Build A Fire
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