Kathleen Charters and Lawrence Charters
Explorations large and small
One thing that separates the United States from England is the humble biscuit. We simply cannot agree on what a “biscuit” is, and this disagreement was one of the flash points of the American Revolution. (Possibly baking points rather than Continue reading Tudor’s biscuits?
And displayed on a public road, no less.
I figured since everybody else was drawing charts, I should make one of my own. (Photos from various public sites.) Government Shutdown Explained (full size)
Humans can not only put people on the moon, we can also send poems to space. On Thursday, September 20, 2012, a large helium-filled balloon was launched from Weston Park, west of the University of Sheffield in Sheffield, England. Equipped Continue reading Send your poem to space
Photos taken at the Apple Store, Columbia Mall, Columbia, Maryland. Photos taken, appropriately, with an iPhone 4.
Washington Apple Pi Journal is the official publication of the Washington Apple Pi user group, the oldest continuously active microcomputer group on the planet. Washington Apple Pi originally was focused on Apple II computers, but has branched out to the Apple Continue reading How the Washington Apple Pi Journal is produced
Cover of an educational comic devoted to a (now retired) NOAA research vessel used to both map Chesapeake Bay and explore new technologies for underwater mapping. Revenge of the Bay Hydrographer cover (full size), page 1 (full size), page 2 (full size), page 3 (full size), page 4 (full size), page Continue reading Revenge of the Bay Hydrographer
Stellwagen Bank is a National Marine Sanctuary off the coast of Massachusetts, headquartered in an old Coast Guard station in Scituate. This visit was during a frozen February 2001. Photos from Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, 2001.
The oldest town in Washington State, Walla Walla was founded as a mission by Marcus Whitman in 1836. It later became a Hudson’s Bay Company outpost, a territorial fort, and the capitol of Washington Territory. After Washington became a state, Continue reading Walla Walla, 2000