- Taking in our vacuum for servicing
- Cooking a whole frozen crab for the first time
- Great music and important history at the Rapid City Municipal Band
- Saying goodbye to a friend before an international assignment
- Conversation with a colleague about mathematical and astronomical history
- Getting some chores done around the house
- Getting a department telescope ready for star party tonight
- Visiting with our institution’s former president and current Secretary of the Air Force
- Our new Blu-ray player arrived
- The first movie I played on the new player:
- Going out for a walk with my wife in some beautiful weather on Sunday
- Petting a pair of friendly neighborhood cats on our walk
- Riding on a classic Ford Tri-Motor airplane (pictures to come)
- Good food while waiting for the airplane ride
- The tremendous improvements in speed, noise, and ride quality in the decades since the Tri-Motor first flew
- Interesting planes on display before the ride
- Good discussion on the things that get in the way of living wholeheartedly well at The Well
- Testing our department’s new portable telescope power supply at a BHAS star party
- Seeing the Great Red Spot on Jupiter through the telescope at the star party
- Seeing the planet Mercury for the second time in my life
- Another star party for a summer camp at the School of Mines
- Good enough weather for the second party
- I could tell when the person at my telescope got the image in focus when they said “Whoa!”
What I Have Read in 2017
Books I am Reading
To Read Next
Dr. Stephen Sekula- Bob on Books
- Jackie Lea Sommers
- Altered Faces
- Politifact
Networked Blogs
