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From Ram to Fish
Today featured a glimpse into the people of Clear Lake and China Lake through the Anderson Marsh film and presentation by Dr. Alan Garfinkel Gold. Be glad we don’t have to contend with the giant beasts of that era! Instead, some of us still relish in the old tradition of the norsk. The Oakland Lutefisk…
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Hurray for Spring
Happy Spring! While the rain sprinkled all day this first day of Spring, the feel of warmer days on the way is in the air. Last week it was even a bit too hot. The Earth is coming to life once again. May the growing season begin.
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Happy Chinese New Year
Happy Chinese New Year! Today welcomes in the chinese year of the monkey. You are a monkey if you were born in one of the following years: 1908 02 Feb 1908 – 21 Jan 1909 (Earth) 20 20 Feb 1920 – 07 Feb 1921 (Metal) 1932 06 Feb 1932 – 25 Jan 1933 (Water) 1944 25…
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Merry Christmas 2015
Wishing you and yours… a VERY Merry Christmas! May this Festive Season fill your heart with peace and love & make your New Year full of Joy!
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Winding up the Week in Texan God’s Country
With two thousand miles of driving planned and only 600 miles traveled, today began the long-range driving tour of Texas. We waved farewell to the Edwards Plateau, stopped at Big Lake Playa for a perspective of salt dunes and another bison jump, and headed northwest to Midland. The La Quinta welcomed us again to another…
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Happy Easter!
Rejoice for Easter is here! Today we celebrate life in the company of family and friends. Last night Bruno decorated Easter eggs for the first time. Today we shared our tradition for service, hot cross buns and Easter eggs with asparagus and holendaise sauce, and fruit followed by two Easter egg hunts.
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A Winter without Snow
The annual ski trip for 2015 is looking to be a hiking adventure instead. There is not a spec of natural snow on the ground! In some of the good past years, one could look forward to skying for another three months. If it were not for the night snow makers, all the slopes would…
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Eclectic Archeological Exchange Bring Hittites to Life
Today the Sacramento Archeological Society hosted a trip to the ancient middle east to explore the Hittites people in an Eclectic Archeological Exchange. How inter-connected we all are to the past, peoples and the forces of nature which shape the landscape where we live.
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Humanware design flaw revealed in the Braille Note
Modern conceptions of note takers have a serious flaw. Calling a computerized device a "note taker" implies that the primary purpose is to write notes and documents in a form that can be easily referenced and stored forever. Anything that does not meet this basic requirement should not be labeled a note taker. So why…
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Happy PI Day!
Happy PI Day!