Friday Glow Blogging: Creamy Fluorite

This week’s glowblog entry is a creamy brown piece of fluorite from Ohio. Activated by long-wave ultraviolet light, this piece stands in contrast to the more brightly colored blue fluorite, such as what … Read more

Monument Rocks at sunset

No More Pi

This site has been upgraded from MovableType version 3.14 to 3.15. The announcement of this upgrade mentioned that it was somewhat urgent for sites to upgrade quickly to remove a fairly big security … Read more

Occasional Weather Report

No one’s going to be surprised in July when it’s (much) hotter here in Kansas than out in California. On the other hand, no one’s complaining that it’s 64 degrees in Lindsborg at … Read more

Althea and her mom, Princess.

Mudslide Update

This is just a quick note to let folks know that I’ve updated my California Mudslide posting with a new aerial photo of the area. Taken by Doc, the photo shows the entire … Read more

This, Too, Shall Pass

It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. … Read more

Kanopolis in Winter

We took a nice Sunday drive earlier today and headed over to Kanopolis Lake. Located 15 miles west of Lindsborg, it’s a popular recreation spot, though mostly deserted as we expected this time … Read more