December 30, 2009
The car trip from Portland to Reno went quite well with Austin. His version of ‘Are we there yet?’ is ‘Are we in Reno yet?’ We had to spend the night in Medford since the pass was closed due to snow. In the morning the glistening snow was gorgeous. The snow in the Sierras was beautiful, too, but the road was totally clear!
Once we got to Reno we had fun snaking up the driveway wih 3″ of snow. The driveway has just the wrong slant to it to get up easily… Austi and Papa played with trains after dinner. Now we make it to bed for a long winter’s nap. In the morning Austin and Papa will snow blow the driveway!
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December 28, 2009
The Oregonian had a great front page article by Joe Rojas-Burke on the science of snow. Unfortunately, the same illustrations weren’t online, though. There was a side-bar on the uniqueness of snowflakes from “Snow Crystals” by W.A.Bentley and W.J. Humphreys, published in 1931. Here is a neat little list of snow crystal books on Amazon. We are headed into snow tomorrow, I think…..
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December 26, 2009
Today I discovered ocean.com as I was researching further online about acidic oceans after I read a newspaper article. Ocean.com has a wonderful free archive of ocean articles and stories. I spent a lot of time watching videos, viewing photos and reading interesting articles.
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December 25, 2009
The January/February 2010 issue of Sierra Club’s Sierra Magazine has a wonderful cover article on Clark Little’s photography called “View from the Vortex” with totally awesome photos of surf, tubes and breaking waves. On the Sierra Club Magazine website, they also have a slideshow of more of Clark Little’s photos. So Cool!
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December 23, 2009
From the WomensConference.org is The Extraordinary Gifts Of Christmas – Life Balance by Rev. Shannon A. White. Stop what you are doing and listen to the quiet voice within you. It’s an excellent read.
From the WomensConference.org website at the end of the article: “Rev. Shannon A. White balances her professional life between being a Presbyterian minister, award-winning television news reporter, popular speaker and author. She has spent 13 years in churches in Connecticut and New York and is currently Associate Minister at Round Hill Community Church in Greenwich, Connecticut. Her most important role in life, however, is as mother to her 10-year-old daughter, Peyton. Together, they wrote How Was School Today? Fine…, due out in February 2010. They hope their book will help deepen communication between parents and their school-aged children.” Visit www.shannonawhite.com for more information.
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December 21, 2009
Here is a map to check out the holiday lights in the Long Beach area courtesy of the Long Beach Press-Telegram. I still remember getting in the car with Grandpa and Grandma to drive around and see all the houses that were so prettily decorated for the holiday season in the Chicago area. I say ‘still’ because now I can do it with my own grandchildren!
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