I Do Remember the Corvair
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 […]
How I was Captured by the Topic of UFOs
What is with this UFO obsession of mine?
Billionaires in Space: A Critique of Problem Areas
Is it problematic for billionaires to invest in space travel and space technology? Is it a means for escape from a troubled planet?
I REMEMBER WIZARD OF WOR FOR C64
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/
GREENHOUSE UPDATE
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 […]
HARVEST MOON!
The rising Harvest Moon, October 5, 2017 around 7:00 PM MST.
GREENHOUSE UPDATE!!!
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 […]
UNHEALTHIEST Chinese Foods
Those who know me personally, they know that one of my favorite restaurants is a place here in Phoenix is Super Dragon, a local Chinese Cuisine establishment. I am under no illusion about some of the menu items, I wouldn’t consider them health food by any means, just like most standard eating establishments. I came […]
A BIT OF LA HISTORY: SPRING STREET 1898
This is Downtown LA 119 years ago. Foot, Horse and Buggy, Bicycle and Trolley traffic on South Spring Street. Filmed by Thomas Edison’s Photography Company.
GREENHOUSE PROJECT UPDATE
Working with the greenhouse I’m realizing that there is a learning curve, especially dealing with this Central Arizona climate and maintaining plants. We had to learn how to cool the temperatures inside the greenhouse to an acceptable, livable level. The first weeks we after greenhouse construction, we had a few extremely hot days back in […]