Kathleen Charters and Lawrence Charters
Explorations large and small
Checklist of World Heritage Sites visited in the United States. This is a dynamic list, with plans for checking off more sites in the future. ✔︎ means “visited,” and ✖︎ means “need to visit.” Mesa Verde National Park – ✖︎ Continue reading World Heritage Sites, United States
Modern farming equipment can harvest and package a crop in a single pass: At least that’s what I assume is going on here.
Commerce is a human-created ecology, mutating over time to fit niches. Even absurd niches. Possibly because I don’t like mayonnaise, I see no reason for tiny 1.8 ounce glass jars of mayonnaise, though the Dijon mustard tempted me. Janis Ian has Continue reading Adventures in shopping II
Pullman, WA to Snoqualmie Summit, Wa After attending Sasquan, the World Science Fiction Society convention in Spokane, Washington, we took a trip 75 miles south to Pullman, Washington, home of Washington State University. Along the way, we admired the huge Continue reading Welcome to nothing
Ted’s Montana Grill is a restaurant chain co-founded by Ted Turner, best known for his pioneer efforts in cable television, chiefly Cable News Network (CNN). Since retiring from mass media, he has devoted himself to philanthropy, particularly environmental issues. One project Continue reading Straws, bison and sustainability
What priests (presumably Anglican) want you to know: http://dirtysexyministry.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/what-priests-want-you-to-know.html Silhouette Man wonders WTF is wrong with America (note: language is in keeping with what one might expect of posts including the abbreviation “WTF”): http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/26/1103368/-The-One-Comic-That-Explains-Just-How-Screwed-America-Is I’m farming and I grow it: Continue reading Digital scrapbook V
We went to Touchet to have lunch with Great Great Aunt Joyce and great Great Uncle Virgil. Then we went to Great Great Uncle Virgil’s home and saw leaf cutter bees which pollinate alfalfa. In the evening we went to Continue reading San Diego to Columbia, Part 10 – Washington