Category: Featured
Great Free eBook Resource
Henry David Thoreau Over the weekend, I rediscovered a great resource for free public domain ebooks, a huge library of them. The resource is "Wikisource: Authors" and here's the link to the index page of authors. So I…
By daletucker
Wood Bench and Yellow Flowers
A place to rest along the preserve trail, this wood bench I found very inviting, especially with the yellow flowers ( that some may call weeds ). When I get a chance to walk the trail here at the Homewood Izaak Walton…
By fjcasella
Things That Say You're Not in the USA
Pigeons on the roofs of buildings many hundreds of years old Bicycles actually built to transport children…
By robrose
Summer RV Trip Statistics
A brief summary of our summer RV trip, statistics wise. We were initially surprised surprised at how many empty sites there were at the RV parks we stayed at, but when the price of fuel went ever higher the further…
By robrose
Far More Than Just a XML T6 Flashlight Fix
This awesome LED flashlight is sold under a number of different brand names. Recently we had an experience when trying to recharge the battery that the switch mechanism literally came apart spewing the parts in…
By robrose
Possible new comet observed on 4 aug.
With a remote 0.61-m f/6.5 CDK telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile we ( comet team: E. Bryssinck, M. Rocchetto, E. Guido, G. Milani, A. Valvasori) observed a possible comet, mentioned on the PCCP of the minorplanetcenter.…
By astrobry
Summer Sunrise
Just wanted to share the view I was rewarded with this morning. A four mile loop trail that follows the lake is near my house. I occasionally try to complete it before work. Struggled to give up the bed this morning,…
By jcdavis
Silent Twilight
My dreams,rivers of ice,carry me,tireless,along moon shadows. They pull me outof night and day,and I wake upin silent twilight.…
By gebeleizis
Coffee Shop Discussions
One thing I miss and that I used to enjoy a great deal was meeting a couple of friends at the coffee shop or the quirky bar for a discussion about Art. As a painter and living in a town where I knew more people, this…
By daletucker