Minor Site Updates

I spent most of yesterday tweaking the site; twas the first in-depth technical work I’ve done since my recent illness! Among the minor updates was an improvement in the layout of the site … Read more

GI Joke

From BrettB. Click on the image to see a larger version; the captions on the box are hilarious!

Wichita Model Train Show Track Layouts

Tove’s Sirapskakor (Syrup Cookies)

Swedish syrupcookies/sirapskakor that are a little sweet and chewy. Tove sent me the recipe after enjoying our Peanut Butter Cookie recipe. The sirapskakor are very good; thanks Tove! 50-60 cookies, depending on how … Read more

Optimism

” I have great faith in optimism as a philosophy, if only because it offers us the opportunity of self-fulfilling prophecy.” -Sir Arthur C Clarke The featured image (which may only be displayed … Read more

Above Winchester Road

A Day of Firsts

handwritten yesterday; posted today Read my first newspaper since Nov. 25th. Ate first real food since breakfast on Thanksgiving. (green curry chicken from Krungthai; heavenly!) First day of my temperature not rising above … Read more

On a Cold November Morning

Now seems a good time to set down my personal memories from the events of 40 years ago when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas. I was 6 years old … Read more