Kathleen Charters and Lawrence Charters
Explorations large and small
Fans of the Bard know that the Globe Theatre, where most of Shakespeare’s plays were performed, burned down centuries ago. But far fewer probably know that it has been restored. It is better than ever, with reinforcement to handle earthquakes, Continue reading Globe Theatre rebuilt
3594 Mad Fox Brewing Company in Falls Church, Virginia, is obviously known for their beer. Not being beer drinkers, we looked for other items of interest — and found them. A group of four of us split three different desserts. Continue reading Mad desserts at Mad Fox
6793 Erewhon, an 1872 novel by Samuel Butler, is a satire of Victorian English society. The title is an anagram of the word “nowhere,” written backwards with two transposed letters. Which may not seem to have anything to do with Continue reading Road to nowhere
7825 Philip K. Dick’s novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, was the inspiration of one of the best science fiction movies of all time, the 1982 feature film Blade Runner. And that was the only reason to take this Continue reading Do androids dream of electric sheep?
It is a fact of life: no matter how thoroughly you try to equip offices with the latest and most modern life saving technologies, there comes a time when those technologies are outdated, damaged, worn out, or simply missing. Fortunately, Continue reading Do it yourself
It isn’t clear if you need to be Chinese to get a pulse diagnosis or if the person doing the diagnosis is Chinese. Whichever it is, the diagnosis is free. This photo, taken with an iPhone, is from Silverdale, Washington.
3360 MacJournal is an inexpensive application that allows you to blog — or create a local journal on your Mac, or both — using a full, native Mac application. There are also iPhone and iPad versions, but we’ll ignore them Continue reading Posting via MacJournal
3941 There are few things more 21st century than blogging. And there is an app for that! Since WordPress is synonymous with blogging, the iPad and iPhone app is called: WordPress. It is on the iTunes store, is free, and Continue reading Posting via iPad