RDP Thursday – FRIEND Does anyone remember for what litmus paper actually tests? Litmus is a water-soluble mixture of different dyes extracted from lichens, especially Roccella tinctoria. It is often absorbed onto filter paper to produce one of the oldest forms of pH indicator, used to test… Read More ›
Day: 10/25/2018
Two Weeks Before the Election, Will Female Democrats Show Up
Originally posted on THE SHINBONE STAR:
As Nov. 6, 2018 — voting day — creeps ever closer, a record number of Democratic Party women are on the ballots. Yes there are a lot of Trumplican women, too. The question is,…
THE END AND THE BEGINNING – Marilyn Armstrong
According to Google, both the 70th and hundredth anniversaries are honored with platinum gifts. Since Earth Abides is just a year short of its 70th anniversary, George R. Stewart’s epic work is approaching platinum. One year to go. In the meantime, I finally got… Read More ›
DRIVING, RIDING, PILOTING AND CAPTAINING – Garry & Marilyn Armstrong
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Things People Drive, Ride, Pilot, or Captain Lots of ways to get around! You can ride, pilot, drive, captain. You can ride a horse, a bicycle, a motorcycle, an ATV … Little plane and a big sky …… Read More ›
THE VERY LAST ROSES – Marilyn Armstrong
FOTD – The Very Last Roses It’s actually cold (again) tonight but it didn’t rain today. It looked like rain, but although it got grey, we actually didn’t have any rain for one entire day. I got so excited, I… Read More ›
A TERRIBLE WONDERFUL YEAR – TWO ARE WON! – Garry Armstrong
And tonight, minus the rain and the lightning, game two commenced … and we won. Two down, two to go. No power outage and there will be a day off, then they will be off to L.A. It was 47… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 