Category Archives: In the neighborhood

10 years at Apple

“…suddenly the hall was full of golf-clapping and quiet grats. now that’s my kind of celebration! All that and a couple cakes and cookies and nice card. Very nice….”

and some thoughts about memories and stress and how to cope. Continue reading →

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Units of measure

There are joules, and ergs and kilobytes. There are miles and yards and silly little millimeters. There are decibels, rads and pounds. And then there are ways of conveying big things. Billions and billions and billions of stars has nothing … Continue reading →

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Ever upward!

and if you want to sing along… (go here if you need a reminder and a big smile too!) Beautiful day in the neighborhood today (earplugs if you’re not inclined to generator noise) – beautiful sun and sky, everything seems … Continue reading →

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So long Irene

A blip of the smoke detector got me and the cats up this morning long before a normal alarm. Went everywhere in the house but nothing found. Then of course it was on to the main event, the hurricane known … Continue reading →

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From the Quote Box redux

The best things in life are nearest: Breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of right just before you. Then do not grasp at the stars, but do life’s plain, common work as it comes, certain that daily duties and daily bread are the sweetest things in life. — Robert Louis Stevenson Continue reading →

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