Mildly Interesting [1403.30]
A total lunar eclipse will occur in a couple of weeks, on April 15th.
I was telling Dave about seeing my first lunar eclipse as a child, and he
suggested trying to figure out exactly when it occurred.
It took some detective work, but I think I have it.
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Culture and Travel [1403.28]
(this article first appeared in our 2012 holiday newsletter)
In our 2004 newsletter, we wrote about seeing the transit of Venus from
Africa.
Venus crossed between the earth and the sun again on
June 5th, the last time it will do so until the year 2117.
This time we saw it from Maui.
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Culture and Travel [1403.27]
(this article first appeared in our 2012 holiday newsletter)
Last year, we wrote about scoping out observing sites for this year’s May
20th annular eclipse. We decided then on the general region east of Reno,
Nevada, and on May 19th we spent many hours searching the area.
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Culture and Travel [1403.26]
(this article first appeared in our 2012 holiday newsletter)
Prior to Abisko, we spent several full days exploring London and its
surroundings. Hotels were shockingly pricey in the city, so we stayed at a
hotel at Heathrow and used public transportation to get around.
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Culture and Travel [1403.25]
(this article first appeared in our 2012 holiday newsletter)
We really had not planned to leave the country in 2012, but we didn’t want
to miss seeing what may be the best Northern Lights activity this decade.
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Home and Gear [1403.23]
This is a simple dessert recipe with a shortbread crust and layers of
cream cheese, chocolate pudding, and whipped topping. I got the recipe
decades ago from one of Dave's relatives, but it turns out you can find it
many places online, though with very different names.
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Culture and Travel [1403.22]
(this article first appeared in our 2011 holiday newsletter)
We have written in previous newsletters about the segway, a
two-wheeled self-balancing personal transporter. This year we had a
chance to take two more awesome tours, in Griffith Park and Atlanta.
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Culture and Travel [1403.21]
(this article first appeared in our 2010 holiday newsletter)
TechShop is a membership workshop similar to a gym, but with shop tools
instead of fitness equipment. It really is heaven for anyone who loves to
make things.
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Culture and Travel [1403.20]
(this article first appeared in our 2010 holiday newsletter)
After exotic travels in recent years,
we stayed totally within the United States in 2011.
A trip in October took us in a huge loop through much of California and a
bit of western Nevada.
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Mildly Interesting [1403.17]
I just returned today from 5 nights in Las Vegas with Dave's mom, dad,
and sister Joyce. Dave and I are not big gamblers, and basically go
to have a good time catching up with the family. On this trip I was
a luckier than usual.
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Home and Gear [1403.11]
I like cauliflower, but it's a bit monotonous to eat a whole head steamed.
I also wanted a way to use some of the 3 pounds of salmon you typically end
up with when you buy fresh salmon at Costco.
So
I came up with this recipe for salmon cauliflower chowder.
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Culture and Travel [1403.07]
(this article first appeared in our 2010 holiday newsletter)
Prior to flying to Rapa Nui (Easter Island), we stopped over in
Santiago, Chile’s capital, as well as the port city of Valparaiso, about
an hour and a half northwest of Santiago.
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Culture and Travel [1403.06]
(this article first appeared in our 2010 holiday newsletter)
Easter Island (Polynesian name Rapa Nui) is one of the world’s most remote
inhabited places, located about 2200 miles west of
Santiago, Chile. It is shaped like a right triangle
with an extinct volcano at each vertex.
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Culture and Travel [1403.05]
(this article first appeared in our 2010 holiday newsletter)
In July we went to see a total eclipse of the sun. Yes, another one! But this
truly was one we could not miss, as it passed over Easter Island, home to the
mysterious moai (huge stone carvings of human heads).
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