Happy Halloween!

Lisa and Moneka had some fun and did a great job carving jack-o-lanterns from the pumpkins we grew this year:

Trouble with Dates

I’ve been wanting to try and take advantage of the iCal program that is part of Mac OS X. My minimal calendaring needs were met in the past by simply using the calendar … Read more

Virtual Desktops

Like a lot of folks, I updated my Mac to run Panther this weekend. It was mostly uneventful, though I did have to upgrade Kung-Tunes in order to keep posting the most recently … Read more

Carola’s Chocolate Coconut Bars

Ingredients 1 C sugar 1/2 C butter 2-3 eggs* (original recipe calls for 2) 1 tsp vanilla 1.3 C shredded coconut 1.5 C flour 2-3 tsp baking powder* (original recipe calls for 3) … Read more

You Never Know

There are interesting claims that the Dogon tribe of Mali, West Africa, long knew about an obscure celestial object and based some of their religious rituals around this object. Part of the story … Read more

From the Garden

For some reason I’ve become interested by the idea of growing our own onions. I’ve been growing them from seed for a couple of years now and this year was the best yet. … Read more