A World of Speculation

Some friends

It’s partly to try out the Flickr photo application, partly to introduce my friends Mocha and Sadie. Here we are on our way to an excellent adventure in the park. We were on our way to Tryon Creek State Park, a 645-acre network of trails along a ravine on the...

You have just stepped into . . .

. . . the Twilight Zone.So I was at class the other night, and we finished our speed drills about 6:45 or so, and I went to the break room for a cup of tea and came back and started writing sentences, and all of a sudden I felt bad. Headache, upset stomach, chills,...

Valleys of Mariner

Photos from Mars continue to astound, this one looking for all the world like water used to pour through those gullies.This would have been where Ransom found the hrossa.

Benefits of being at kicking level

I know a woman, not a bad woman, but difficult, whose communication style is such that she engenders wailing and gnashing of teeth wherever she goes. She has a manner that pokes wounds and punctures buoyancy. People dread hearing her voice.I don’t believe...

Or maybe not

I want to start a blog for techies and call it “Geek-seeking missals.”Too bad I don’t know squat about technology.You can have the title.

Why we get so mad at our kids

I’ve discovered that it’s at least partly because they put me in touch with myself. Oldest daughter, the one I’m worried about, very nearly missed an opportunity to take a trip she really wanted to take. Some people had made great sacrifices to make...