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-Benjamin Franklin
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Patches Pictures
Recently, the coyote(s) has been on the road almost every day. Presumably hunting the turkeys. The deer are gathering in groups. -Patches Read more
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Life Off the Grid
When I returned to Trego, an old friend suggested that I look at building off-grid, with the comment “Lincoln Electric isn’t a co-op anymore, it’s just another power company.” In a way, he was correct – cooperatives rarely last beyond a couple generations before becoming bureaucracies run with more attention to the employees wants than Read more
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So, How Bad Are the Roads, Anyway?
With snow and ice season well and truly upon us, it seems like the first thought to mind when considering travel is the state of the roads. Good? Bad? Clear? Icy? An inquiring mind has a few options. Facebook: There are Facebook groups dedicated solely to road reports, and if the timing is right, one Read more
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4 Ways to Explain the World
Long ago, when I studied research methods, a quarter of the page was dedicated to showing the four ways to explain the world around us: Philosophy, Religion, Ideology and Science. Philosophy includes logic – mostly the rules of inference that allow the practitioner to derive conclusions from true premises. The only challenge there is making Read more
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If You Only Play T-Ball
If you never bat against a good pitcher, it’s easy to think you’re a Yankee. We learn where we fit by the challenges we face. I recall Jay, who taught math at TSJC. Jay was a quarter century older than I, and evaluating where he was – commenting that he was second-rate. In the science Read more
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Ice Pillars
It’s that time of the year again, or rather the temperature is that low again. Strange pillars of light in the sky? Ice pillars, or light pillars, form under conditions of very cold temperatures. They are caused by light being reflected by crystals in the atmosphere, and careful observation of them can actually provide some Read more
Trego's Mountain Ear 