Author Archives: Granger Meador
Sugar Ridge at Beaver Lake, Day 3
June 8, 2014 Before we checked out of our cabin at Sugar Ridge late Sunday morning, Wendy saw a red-headed woodpecker from out on the deck and we watched the antics of squirrels. Wendy got a great shot of a … Continue reading
Sugar Ridge at Beaver Lake, Day 2
June 7, 2014 Beaver Lake View We awoke on Sugar Ridge to light rain and wind moving in from the south across the lake. After the shower ended, we watched a sailboat out on the lake below and saw the … Continue reading
Sugar Ridge at Beaver Lake, Day 1
June 6, 2014 For the first trip of our 2014 summer break, Wendy and I spent a long weekend at Sugar Ridge Resort on Beaver Lake in Arkansas. We usually stay at hotels on our adventures, but she had loved sharing … Continue reading
Why I switched to a dictionary that is over 100 years old
May 30, 2014 Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing led me to a great blog post by James Somers about the mellifluous language found in very old editions of the famous Webster’s dictionary. He cites how the default dictionaries on the Kindle and … Continue reading
Springfield and Ha Ha Tonka
May 16-17, 2014 I missed my classes on Friday so that I could attend a meeting of the newly formed Transition Committee for the Oklahoma Academic Standards for Science. Those new science standards were threatened by a committee vote in the … Continue reading
