A moment in late March 2007, from when I lived in New York. Walking in the park you can feel you’re ready for spring, but it’s not quite there yet. The weather is not quite so cold, and you’re no longer bracing for snow. People’s attire isn’t so heavy any more. But the buds and […]
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Something I do miss from when I was still in New York is the special moving model displays in the city at holiday time. Going back to when I was little, I am thinking about the window displays in the department stores along 5th Avenue especially, which had various playful scenes evocative of the holidays, […]
There was a physics professor at the California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech), David Goodstein, who was known for making bad jokes and puns in class. It was not uncommon at Cal Tech or MIT* for students to freely boo or hiss at bad jokes in lectures, or alternatively to laugh or applaud to developments […]
This was in a short tutorial booklet* to help you learn the Morse Code for radio operating. I can see this would help you loosen up, as well as refocus on what the rest of life is all about. REASONSBy Larry Maurice Why do we do what we do?Why is it done by so few?The […]
This doll is of a teenage girl Christmas caroler. It was made locally here in Colorado Springs by husband & wife dollmakers in their family business. They started creating their dolls in the 1950s. I decided to bring this doll with me to my office’s small holiday party last month as part of our decorations. […]
Happy New Year from Colorado at the Front Range. The picture is at a community park near my home. The art monument is a gift to Colorado Springs from a sister city in Taiwan. If I think about it, there is symbolism in community, and in connecting to friends and family near and far.
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