Wedding dress—historic

by | Aug 12, 2014 | Journal

historic wedding dress Interesting to see how it changed over the years. I’d think 2-piece (or more) gowns should find more traction, but you rarely see them. Tops and sleeves are most apt to be dated. If gowns were made, as in prior centuries, with lace-on...

Forms animal life can take—rangeomorphs.

by | Aug 12, 2014 | Journal

early life There ARE some organisms that somewhat resemble this ancient type: sea pens, and basket stars. Did these fronds have the ability to curl and move? If they were the first life, there was little to curl about. But inhale and respire and ‘eat’ what...

Really neat tree…

by | Aug 11, 2014 | Journal

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-oldest-tree/story-e6frg8h6-1226130673929?nk=ffe43e03626975b9f0a4a42a24f1320c

If I had any doubt about the old vs new shoes…

by | Aug 11, 2014 | Journal

Two years of scarcely relenting sciatic pain, leg muscle loss, and knees that were getting unreliable, having to take it easy on stairs because of balance problems… I’m wearing these new sandals from the time I get out of bed til I go to bed. They fixed...

Watching an analysis of the Mary Celeste mystery…

by | Aug 9, 2014 | Journal

This is the one where a laden two-masted ship turns up floating intact with belongings of captain, wife, and crew left aboard and everybody missing: cargo of alcohol, 9 barrels drained (red oak barrels drained; white oak held intact) and one of two bilge pumps...

Rosetta has caught us a comet!

by | Aug 6, 2014 | Journal

Well, at least photos of one closeup. Let’s hear it for good navigation…time was we were just puzzling out how to rendezvous with the moon and get back. Now we play tag with comets. http://www.nasa.gov/

Continued hot, but we have AC. :)

by | Aug 3, 2014 | Journal

I am FINALLY through the big difficult scene in the current book, the one that has had me hung up for a month. I must have ten versions of that transition. I like the one I have now. We had rain twice yesterday, tropic-type rain, not misty, easy Pacific Northwest...

We had a cool night—

by | Aug 2, 2014 | Journal

Went out to eat last night just after the ac was fixed—to let the place cool down. Swinging Door has a nice addition to the menu: monster baseball hot dogs, and the Mariner Dog is a chili dog, which is very good. It was real good to wake to cold air this...