Archive for September, 2007

Mars… for survival?

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

WAtching TV recently I surfed into a program featuring Buzz Aldrin, former astronaut. He was talking about his trip to the moon and how the moon was “Magnificent Desolation.” What a fantastic term to use for something so awesome and indescribable.
Buzz also mentioned that he supported trips into space for the common person. [...]

The City of Roses

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Can you imagine living the a city called “The Rose City” and having access to a garden with thousands of roses? If you love roses this is probably as close as you can get to heaven on earth. Portland’s International Rose Test Garden is the oldest of 24 public rose test gardens in the [...]

Sweet Children

Friday, September 21st, 2007

A few nights ago I saw on my cell phone that my daughter had tried to call me. So I called her back. No answer. So I called her husband’s cell phone to see if he was with her and could ask her if she needed to talk to me.
“No,” he said. “Nancy [...]