After some thoughts I have decided to change the day I upload my main blog to Tuesdays. The big reason for this is that I have found that I have other things that come up on weekends (little things) that I might want to put up here on the blog and I don’t want the…
Resetting the Garden
On top of everything else I did last weekend I also needed to get the garden prepared for our winter planting. The ladies are in charge of the actual planting, but I am in charge of getting the beds ready. I had to do a few things this year that were a bit more than…
Solar Eclipse October 2023
On Saturday, October 14, 2023 I had the chance to see an annular solar eclipse from my home in Chandler. It was only 86% of totality at the maximum. It was still really cool. I was able to get out my solar telescope and I decided part way through that I would take pictures of…
No Worries
What does it mean to not worry? I am, by nature, not a worrier. It drives my wife crazy sometimes. I have lived a very blessed life and I am sure that has played a very big role in my lack of worrying. I haven’t had anything truly awful ever happen to me. I haven’t…
Recent Weekend in Pinetop
I did get up to Pinetop Friday morning. I woke up early as usually and headed up. I got there and the ladies were all at Zumba. So, I went for my bicycle ride. I enjoy riding up there. I seem to ride a lot faster up there than I do here in the valley….
Bicycling (I think I am starting to go a bit overboard)
I have been riding a bike basically my entire life. I remember my dad teaching me how to ride a bike by running behind me and holding onto the seat and then letting go and catching me if I was starting to fall. I ended up doing the same with my girls when they were…
Motorcycle Issues and Great Parents
So, I was supposed to be in Pinetop right now. Probably asleep by now. I would have made it up after work and enjoyed a wonderful dinner and dessert made by my daughter. BUT I am currently in Chandler, not asleep, and a bit grumpy. On the way up, right after I filled up with…
Fall break and time away (sort of)
I spent the weekend up at our cabin in the White Mountains. I will write about it more sometime in the future. Right now I am just writing a little something about the weekend. My girls are on modified year-round school schedule now, and that means they get 2 weeks for fall break (actually 2.5…
Newton’s 1st Law of Motion – my version (and apparently Newton’s as well)
Time for another physics lesson. I like teaching about Newton’s 3 laws of motion. Most people know the first and third. They get quoted all the time in different places. The thing is that most people don’t understand what they mean. I think a lot of people think they know what they mean, but in…
It was the battery
So, the ford is back running. It was simply the battery. That car has the worst design for getting the battery in and out, and I think that took me longer than just about anything else in the process. But needless to say I am glad it is back together. The battery, from Costco, only…