Author Archives: Granger Meador
Van Winkle
Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle slept for 20 years, so it was appropriate that I broke a 20-day streak of no day hikes with a visit to the Van Winkle area of Hobbs State Park in northwest Arkansas. I’d never … Continue reading
The Bugle of August
I’ve just completed the first work week of the new school year and it had been almost a month since my last real day hike. So I broke with tradition and took an August hike. Minding the forecast high in … Continue reading
Bizarro Optics
I did not grasp at first glance the joke in today’s Sunday Bizarro comic in the Tulsa World. Then I realized the driver’s windshield was a giant lens. But there is an optical mistake in the comic, one which we might … Continue reading
A Show 16 Years In The Making
Back in mid-1990s my physics teaching colleague Lynne Shaw and I wanted to take our students on a tour of an electrical power plant. But arranging a field trip proved impossible with our budget and time constraints. So we decided … Continue reading
Instant Gratification
Every so often those of us who grew up in the analog era are struck by our new era of instant gratification thanks to digital technology and the internet. It is mind-boggling how much information, of good quality, is at … Continue reading
