#Juneteenth marks the complete end of slavery in the #UnitedStates. Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth; also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day is a holiday celebrating the liberation of those who had been held as slaves in the United States. https://tnc.network/celebrate-juneteenth/ #Juneteenth
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Saturday, September 28, 2019 (Around 9:37 AM) I saw something strange as I was driving southbound on State Route 51. I was traveling in the middle lane when I noticed something on the familiar pedestrian bridge that spans the freeway between Union Hills and Bell Road. On the bridge, just above my lane, I saw a figure standing on…
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This past Friday on the New Rules segment of his HBO show, Real Time, Bill Maher addressed his blog post regarding fans of comics and super hero movies.
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I do remember my family having this vehicle when I was a kid, I know that it was bought just before I was born. I was in kindergarten and I remember my mom driving us to school in it. It was replaced thereafter by a new Datsun 510 and a 1962 Plymouth Valiant my dad bought at his company’s vehicle…
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What is with this UFO obsession of mine?
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Is it problematic for billionaires to invest in space travel and space technology? Is it a means for escape from a troubled planet?
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Sharing a Memory from my Pure Thoughts blog. It was 1983, and I remember this game fondly, my younger sister Nanette and I played it on our Commodore 64s. I remember Nan buying the Commodore Magic Voice speech module a bit after that. http://www.cactuspix.com/purethoughtsblog/wizard-of-wor-for-c64/
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Now that we are a few weeks into fall, I find I am concentrating on other things than cooling the greenhouse, even though the temperatures are briefly in the mid to upper 90s. The overall temperatures are a far cry from the triple digits of the summer months. The new challenge is now plant predators like white flies and what…
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The rising Harvest Moon, October 5, 2017 around 7:00 PM MST.
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Well, we just passed another construction test after assembly of the greenhouse. We have already been through the monsoon season, one of the wettest so far, and have experienced a myriad of elements such as high winds, hail, extreme heat and heavy rain. It also survived a mini-microburst that knocked off a screen from the living room window. There were…
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