When I visit my grandchildren I like to bring activities that I think will amuse them. One of the things I brought last summer was clear old-fashioned film canisters and some AlkaSeltzer tablets. We take a glass of water outside and sit on the steps. Add water to the canister, drop in a half tablet [...]
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Works in Progress
This post was meant to appear yesterday and I don't know why it didn't!! I am going to/already attending/returning from a funeral/memorial service in Minnesota for Ali Meyerhofer so I don’t have time to write more about Mary Orr Evershed at this moment. I will say about the book that George sent, that I’m glad [...]
Just an aside
Instead of writing a blog, I was a substitute teacher today. Fridays start with Mass and, when I took the students I was responsible for over to the church, I felt a bit of homesickness. I spent nearly 12 years going to Mass in that church, on Fridays, with students. I spent nine of those [...]
Cameras that click
Update on this article (5/1). I had two different things on my mind and did not get them separated! Let's try again. There's been a lot of talk in the news about new Artificial Intelligence entities that do pictures or words. People worry about whether they will take over the world or cause all artists [...]
An Easter picture and an old picture.
I'm in the middle of thinking about Saint Bernard and reading the lovely book George sent me about Dante and astronomy but not ready to write. So today two pictures. One from the Episcopalian cathedral several years ago at Easter. And two, a picture of Thor when he was a baby... ; ) (I think [...]