Coffee Making 101
Never attempt to make coffee before you have had your coffee.
Total Eclipse of the Sun
posted in: adventures, Adventures with the Mothership, astronomy, nature, space
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Magical. Almost supernatural, and yet Nature at its most astounding. In an instant, the world was turned inside out. The blazing corona around the darkened sun took my breath away. (And this was viewing through a thin layer of cloud. … Read More
Tales of the Kite — A Calculated Vulcan Risk
posted in: personal news, Tales of the Kite
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Once there was a man who had pulmonary fibrosis, a disease of unknown cause and poor prognosis—and his very kind and very smart doctors who knew the disease well looked at him sympathetically, and with open hands said, “We’re really … Read More
A Note to My Subscribers
posted in: my blog, Ponce Chronicles
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If you subscribe to this blog, you might have missed notifications for the last umpty-ump posts. In which case, you might have missed a whole run of The Ponce Chronicles, which I know you don’t want to miss out on. … Read More
The Ponce Chronicles 2024 — Part 12 (Season Finale)
posted in: adventures, Ponce Chronicles, Puerto Rico
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Crash. That’s what we did upon arriving home in Arlington this week. Despite our best efforts to get everything wrapped up, cleaned up, and tied up ahead of time this year, we were still up until 3 a.m. the night … Read More
The Ponce Chronicles 2024 — Part 11
posted in: Ponce Chronicles, Puerto Rico
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I said I would not be doing major repair work on this trip. But that was then. The contractors who did some of the heavy work did a shoddy job, and there was no one else to finish the work, … Read More
The Ponce Chronicles 2024 — Part 10
posted in: Ponce Chronicles, Puerto Rico
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This one is heartbreaking, and if you don’t want to read it, I won’t blame you. But it is a part of life here, and thus a part of the chronicles. I wrote about the street puppies earlier, which were … Read More