Cnidarian

Cnidarian

The jellyfish is an aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Cnidaria.  We saw these amazing creatures at the zoo in Newport.  This week, Hank and I watched a Mystery Doug blog that  answered a question about the creatures that prompted this message....
Age of Agility

Age of Agility

Governor Little hosted a Summit on the Future of Work in Idaho and beyond this week. Idaho Business for Education CEO, Rod Gramer led the discussion with the Governor and moderated as the virtual audience asked questions. The Governor has been very supportive of...
Only 000’s

Only 000’s

I have mentioned in the past that my seven year old grandson Hank has strong math skills. We were talking about the national debt and I asked him how many 000’s in a trillion. “Too easy Boompa, it has 12 zeros”. He went on to refresh my memory, six zeros is a million,...
Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

We road tripped to Netarts, Oregon this week. It is over 500 miles but it is worth the drive. We all enjoyed seeing the coast through the eyes of our grandchildren, Hank and Margie. We rented a home on the beach and a great deal of time was spent running in the waves,...
Making Headlines

Making Headlines

The State of Idaho has a song that I still recall fondly from my early school years.“And here we have Idaho, Winning her way to fame,Silver and gold in the sunlight blaze,And romance lies in her name….The song heralds the wonders our land does possess and the ideals...