Chemiluminescence

Chemiluminescence

I have not updated you on my grandson Hank for a while.  Hank tells me he will be 5 in 27 days-I think that is correct or close enough. Tonight we went for a walk after dark on the golf course to throw the glow ball to the dog. Hank informed me that bad people come...
One Word

One Word

In the memorable and award winning 1967 movie “The Graduate”, Benjamin’s life lessons are chronicled. I happened to be in high school and it seemed shocking that Mrs. Robinson would seduce a much younger person. Simon and Garfunkel wrote the theme song that is still a...
Smile

Smile

I used to laughingly say that talking to yourself made excellent sense, which assumes you get the answers you want. Talking out loud to yourself has a stigma attached-what is wrong with them? Indeed, if you talking to an imaginary someone you are hallucinating! Turns...
Iggy

Iggy

My friends are in the  middle of a trip to a string of islands off the Ecuadorian coast. I am not going to admit that I thought the Galápagos Islands were in the Atlantic Ocean. Iggy, as they named this unique lizard is a marine iguana.  Also known as the sea,...
Delta

Delta

I have always been a math fan, with my favorite concept after the asymptote being the change symbol. Delta is used as the symbol for difference or change. From memory I wanted  the Delta symbol to be an isosceles triangle but it may be a better description to say it...
Redfish

Redfish

Why is it 19 degrees in mid September in this beautiful Idaho mountain town?  I am going to say it is the elevation, – at 6,253 feet the 63 full time residents understand their environment and apparently enjoy it.  Often one of the coldest reported temperatures...