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Dear Diary – April 30, 1999
All we are, is passages, avenues through which other people travel. We are each others’ byways, highways, continuously passing through each others’ lives. Passengers, drivers, hitchhikers all.
Billions and billions of wasted dollars’ worth of samples…
NASA’s plans for Mars sample return are effectively cancelled as part of a bill approved by the U.S. Congress, ending efforts to collect Perseverance rover samples that could contain evidence of alien life. https://www.livescience.com/space/mars/nasas-mars-sample-return-is-dead-leaving-china-to-retrieve-signs-of-life-from-the-red-planet Congratulations, America. You’ve managed to give Mars to China. But do tell me how this makes America great again… …and just […]
Holy smokes, how many months??
Um. Yeah. Like, I’ve, uh, never done this before… Back with more science, space, and etc. posts soon!
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Category Archives: Japan
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When men don’t help raise their own children, when men insist that women raise children and stay at home for life, society as a whole suffers. Continue reading
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Sleep, perchance to…
One of the biggest differences since we moved into a house is the sleeping arrangements. When our oldest daughter was a baby, we were living in an apartment with a traditional Japanese straw mat (tatami) room and no bed. So … Continue reading
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Organic dining with kids
I owe my love of organic gardening to my father, who started growing his own vegetables on the Methodist Church property behind our apartment in the “oil crisis” of the early 1970s. From him, I learned how to compost, properly … Continue reading
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