Thoughts on the mountains, lakes, people, plants, animals and everyday life here in the North Country. Sunday, December 12, 2010. Camping season is over,. The sky is heavy with new snow,. Sunday, November 28, 2010. Do you remember the 1980 Olympics when the USA beat the Soviet team in the semi-final hockey game? Here Sasha Cohen wowed the crowd. The whole cast finishing the finale performance,. Wednesday, October 13, 2010. To the 33 miners in Chile! Now we just have .

In continual wonder of it all. Monday, April 29, 2013. Loved writing this blog for several years now. with farming and photography and other dreams I have not mastered yet, I have certainly and finally decided to let True Calling rest. Visit me at Beauregards Farm. Tuesday, March 5, 2013. The dumpster dive, the tuna salad, the story. A retelling of a tale. Like to entertain him, tosses paper into garbage and finishes out his day. Made him silly enough to waste time an.

Books, art, and life in Maine. Wednesday, February 7, 2018. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee. Pachinko parlor in Nara, Japan. The sign of a good book is feeling bereft at the end. Under Japanese rule from 1910 to 1945, Koreans endured poverty, hunger, and rape. Some immigrated to Japan to live in slums. Even after World War II freed Korea, the Koreans who remained in Japan were treated as a legal underclass. It has a marvelous sense o.

Friday, March 16, 2018. Someone put together a list of the Democrats in the US House of Representatives who refuse to co-sponsor the Medicare for All single payer health care bill introduced by Reps John Conyers of Michigan and Keith Ellison of Minnesota. New Democrats Mexico Michelle Grisham and Ben Lujan are on the list. On economic matters New Mexico Democrats are Democrat in name only and often vote with Republicans. Thursday, March 8, 2018.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Politics are starting to heat up again. Each week I will feature one of the Presidential candidates. This week, we start off with Dr. I thought he gave extremely brilliant answers to the Republican Debate. he is soaring in the polls. Social Media a big benefit to Dr.

Let the seeding begin! More specifically and in keeping with ye olde blog name, let the experimenting begin! March 19, 2011.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015. I SUCK AT BLOGGING LOL. I always knew that he would do something that required him to fix things. And he loves it! He really wants a nova, but any old classic car will do.

Wednesday, July 29, 2015. From my backyard Monday evening. Weather at The Universe Smiles. You are now in Mountain Time. Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Summertime and the Birds Come to Visit. Popular Posts on The Universe Smiles. Tuck it in for Winter. Wildflowers of the Sandia Mountains - South Crest Trail.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Proof Positive Butterflyweed Hosts Monarch Caterpillars. After many years of growing butterflyweed, aka Asclepias tuberosa,. I finally have found monarch caterpillars! Each year I would hunt for the cats but never found any. There was always plenty of Milkweed Tussock Caterpillars but never any monarch. Finally, they are here. There are quite a few of them too. These cats are small and are probably third instars as they are not.