We had a conference this morning, the mid-week resumption of the regular Production Planning meetings which turned into 24×7 watch operations when the war overseas heated up. Things came to a nervous collapse in late June when Miles and some of his old shipmates were called back down to the Five-Sided Adult Care Facility in […]

No, I am not going to lurch off into a detailed analysis of animal husbandry out in the verdant Shenandoah Valley. It is too late in the day, and I’m permitting myself a glass of vino tino to welcome in the Happy Hour rush in the Galley. If this were a morning release, it would […]

On August 12, a total solar eclipse, the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, and a new moon will occur, making it a significant day for skywatching. Observers can expect to see up to 100 meteors per hour during the meteor shower if conditions are clear.

  Section Leader Miles Returns Inline image Section Leader Miles came back from his mental-health break to discover that the news had not taken one. Deirdre had made fritters that morning, which at least suggested civilization remained possible. Coffee was hot. The midterms were approaching. And somewhere between those two reassuring facts sat a war […]

This started out as one of Holly’s dinner recipes- a sweet and sour meatball dish with hash brown casserole- but we got lost when two ancient immages of rail cars appeared in a directory in a hard drive un-opened in twenty years. AI updated colors and sharpness on what some of us thought Rambler rail […]

Section Leader Miles came back from his mental-health break to discover that the news had not taken one. Deirdre had made fritters that morning, which at least suggested civilization remained possible. Coffee was hot. The midterms were approaching. And somewhere between those two reassuring facts sat a war that increasingly seemed capable of writing the […]

  Morning, Gentle Readers! The Creative Section heard the news about the strange announcement from Iran about Oman and the Strait of Hormuz. It was a curious sort of press release which seemed to be warning Mr. Trump to clear the US Navy out of the region and abandon its campaign against the righteous and […]

(Rocket is working on the big plank. We have a smaller one to use up in the Galley fridge if doing shift-change buffet!”) Looking to add a little adventure to your culinary life? This hand-carved Himalayan salt plank is a beautiful, versatile tool for cooking and serving food in unexpected ways. Himalayan salt’s dense crystalline […]