And we're back!  We got home around 6 pm last night, more-or-less right on schedule.  The trip went without a hitch, though with one mec...

And we're off (well, close to it)!  We're aiming for a 5:00 am departure, and as I write this (at 4:20 am) it looks like we'll ...

Road trip!  We'll be on the road from early Monday morning to late Wednesday evening, heading up to Kalispell, Montana to the Lazy K Wr...

If you're a bird watcher ... and you're older than about 45 or so, you almost certainly know this book.  Peterson's book used...

Well, that big-eye tuna ... was every bit as wonderful as we'd anticipated, in the poke we had on Thursday.  That poke had a bit more av...

I just finished ... cutting up about 20 ounces of beautiful, fresh big-eye tuna, center cut.  I also cut up some green onions.  Debbie made...

We're planning to visit Canada this summer ... and these days, that means we need a passport.  It's still hard for me to believe th...

Yaupon tea...   My yaupon tea arrived yesterday, and I had a nice big cup of it this morning.  When I took the dry tea out of the bag to put...

Just got back ... from a very nice wildlife-viewing drive up Blacksmith Fork Canyon.  We saw lots of deer on the north side of the steep h...

I can see how some might think this was boring...   SpaceX just did it again: a “nominal” launch of a Dragon resupply ship from Cape Canaver...

A confession...   If you had asked me a month ago what the chances were that I'd pay $100 to subscribe to the Washington Post for a ye...

Just found this online, by accident...  But it (and an appropriate frame) are now on their way to me.  Reagan riding a velociraptor – how...

Feeling much better today...   I'm not real happy about how long it's taking me to get over this bug, but still ... getting to the e...

SpaceX...   Just watched the latest SpaceX launch, this time with 10 IridiumNext satellites on board, launching from Vandenburg AFB in Calif...

Ilex vomitoria ...   Many years ago, when I was a young lad, my father used to regale us kids with tales of American Indians drinking tea ...

Still haven't quite shaken this bug...   My fever is gone this morning (yay!), but some of the other symptoms are still with me.  The mo...

A bit better this morning...   The magic infrared thermometer says my temperature is 99.8°F, and my brain feels like it's at least firin...

When you're sick ... you want Debbie to make your meals.  Trust me on this!  At right is the soup she whipped up for me yesterday: a ...

A problem we have...   Debbie and I have different tastes in movies, mostly overlapping.  In music our tastes are nearly two disjoint sets. ...

Felt like hell yesterday ... and about the same this morning.  Whatever damned virus has got a hold on me is really annoying.  Because of t...