The Great American Yard Sale

Posted on September 2nd, 2010 by Cathy Stripe Lester in The Grayling Gadfly

Cathy Stripe LesterWHY do we go around buying other people’s wonderful “junque,” and then clean out the garage (urggghhh), gear up for the weekend, sit in the hot sun and try to get them to buy our junk? S’cuse me: “Unique junque!” More »

M13

Posted on September 1st, 2010 by Ed Hahnenberg in Ed's Astronomy

Ed HahnenbergM13 is also called the “Great globular cluster in Hercules,” and is one of the most prominent and best known globulars of the Northern hemisphere. At its distance of 25,100 light years, it contains several 100,000 stars. Its age is approximated at about 14 billion years. More »

FBI & Facebook — privacy concerns?

Posted on August 31st, 2010 by Jeanne Hannah in Ask the Family Lawyer

Ask the Family Lawyer, by Jeanne M. HannahFamily law lawyers are always concerned about the evidence obtained from social networking sites negatively impacting their clients’ custody and parenting time cases. Greater concerns loom, not only for divorced and divorcing families, but for all people using these sites. More »

Golden Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread

Posted on August 30th, 2010 by Rebecca Lindamood in Uncategorized, Cook's Corner

Rebecca LindamoodI have a bias against toaster ovens.  This week the baking ignitor in my oven went out during the most gorgeous stretch of fall-like summer weather.  My husband, the Evil Genius, inexplicably has a love of toaster ovens and has been trying to bring me over to the dark side for years. He thinks I’m being close minded in my anti-toaster oven tendencies.  For my part, I suspect that he wants me to admit I like it so that I’ll switch over and do all my baking in it and the propane bills will drop precipitously.  Whatever.  More »

Creationism vs. evolution — in elementary schools?

Posted on August 29th, 2010 by Ed Hahnenberg in Theology Today & the World

Ed HahnenbergA recent article in the Gainesville Times by Amanda McIntosh raised an interesting question. Should either creationism or evolution be taught in elementary schools? More »

Misusing Time

Posted on August 28th, 2010 by John Chuchman in Sacred Quest: Growth Through Loss and Love

John ChuchmanDuring my life,

I did some things

that resulted in me

Misusing Time. More »

A connoisseur of parks and playgrounds

Posted on August 27th, 2010 by Gloria Veltman in Rose Street Ramblings

By Gloria VeltmanThis summer I have become a connoisseur of parks and playgrounds. (Yes, I had to look it up in the dictionary). This is how it came about. My little grand-niece, Emily, is now five and soon to be six as she will point out to you. I have been going to playgrounds with her for several years usually in the company of either her grandmother or grandfather. I was there the first time she ventured down a slide (Bryant Park). Last Fall we did a couple of short “hikes” on the TART and at the Boardman Nature Center. For several years, we have also been swimming together. More »

The plain people — in a not-so-plain world

Posted on August 26th, 2010 by Sherry Sutherby in Russ-Stick Acres

Russ-Stick Acres, by Sherry SutherbyRecently I received a phone call from an Amish man.

He was telling me his sweet corn was ready and available, if I were to head down his way,
which would be a two-hour trip.  More »

First light with new equipment

Posted on August 25th, 2010 by Ed Hahnenberg in Ed's Astronomy

Ed HahnenbergAt last, after a 3 1/2 month wait, and a change in an adapter, I can post my first deep sky object (DSO) with my new equipment. * M20, also known as the Trifid Nebula, is one of the most beautiful and most photographed of the northern sky’s deep sky objects. It is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars, an emission nebula (the lower, red portion), a reflection nebula (the upper, blue portion) and a dark nebula (the apparent ‘gaps’ within the emission nebula that cause the trifid appearance). More »

Deployments, custody & parenting time for service members

Posted on August 24th, 2010 by Jeanne Hannah in Ask the Family Lawyer

Ask the Family Lawyer, by Jeanne M. HannahMany state legislatures have recently enacted or proposed legislation to help divorced or separated military service members maintain their parent-child relationships during and after deployments. These laws (or proposed laws) are meant to restore the relationship he or she had with his or her children prior to deployment. More »