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Nobody Told Us: Projectile Car Ramps
Courtesy of Dragzine. Bernd’s car was white like this one but lifted higher in the back. The Chevy Nova of the time also looked a lot like the Chevy II, so it’s hard to be sure if this is actually the Chevy II. Years and years and years ago, when Bernd and I were first…
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Nobody Told Us: Frozen Waste Pipes
EcoClean We are accustomed to cold winters. We lived for almost 28 years in the higher elevations of Arizona. Temperatures could dip into the single digits in the winter and we would get snow. But we never had a waste pipe freeze. We never had to do anything special to keep them from freezing. Didn’t…
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Snow!
This one is from 12/22/22. There is even more snow now but the driveway looks messy so I didn’t include a picture from today. As a child, growing up in Southern California, I loved snow. The few times my parents took us to Lake Arrowhead or Big Bear were like magic for me. I couldn’t…
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Safe Winter Driving
In actuality, the safest thing to do when the snow is falling and the temperatures are below freezing is to just stay home. That was advice that I gave myself and planned on heeding in the future no matter what my husband, Bernd, might have to say. Because we had everything set up for our…
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I am not clueless I am very perceptive I can see the world And that is my thought for the day courtesy of Fearless Motivation
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Senyru 8
Gold leaves fall like rain Coat the ground like golden snow Winter is coming Just a few days after I took the photo of the leaves, here we are today with snow. The dove had a snow hat for a while along with a snow cloak, but it shook most of it off before I…
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Happiness
I’m not sure I know what happiness is. When I think about it, I’m not sure I’ve ever experienced it. I don’t mean that I am sad all the time. It’s just that I think happiness is a concept and not necessarily a reality. I think I am more likely to be content. Or satisfied.…
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“I Contain Multitudes:” A Book Review
“I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life” is written by Ed Yong. Ed Yong (born December 17, 1981) is an award-winning science writer on the staff of The Atlantic. His work has also appeared in The New Yorker, Wired, the New York Times, Nature, New Scientist, Scientific American, the…
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The Next Great Idea
I thought I had my next great idea for a novel. I was writing every day. It was going well. I had about 24 chapters written and then it all just stopped. Yes, I came down with West Nile fever right about that time and was exhausted most of the time. Feverish. Achy. Pretty darn…
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Sam, or Not Sam
I like squirrels and we have a lot of squirrels where we live. Our neighbors have named some of them. One of them is named Sam. He’s a cheeky fellow who will take peanuts from their hands, but hasn’t yet let me get that close. We have a line of juniper trees in our backyard.…
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