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Decked Out

Posted on June 1, 2019 by

June 1, 2019 Have you ever watched a home improvement show or video and thought, “Well, even I could do that!” Two psychologists at the University of Chicago hypothesized that people overestimate how much their abilities improve after extensively watching … Continue reading →

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Beautiful glasswork in the service of science

Posted on May 5, 2019 by

If you have ever pressed a flower in a book or observed a diaphanous jellyfish, you can grasp the difficulty of preserving their fragile beauty for later study. This is the story of a Czech/German glassworker and his son who, … Continue reading →

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Our South Central Vacay

Posted on March 23, 2019 by

March 20-22, 2019 | Slideshow | Photo Album Our 2019 Spring Break included a brief vacay down in South Central. Not a vacation to LA’s South Central, mind you, but instead to south central Oklahoma, with two stops in Shawnee … Continue reading →

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Breaktime in Branson

Posted on January 6, 2019 by

January 6, 2019 | Slideshow | Photo Album For our Winter Break of 2018, Wendy and I opted to return to Branson for a few days after Christmas. The first semester of this school year was never a dull moment, … Continue reading →

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Time for a break

Posted on October 23, 2018 by

October 18-20, 2018 Mid-October’s Fall Break in Oklahoma doesn’t coincide with our autumn colors, which don’t peak until late October and November. But it is still well-timed for us school folks, as we are ready for a respite after completing … Continue reading →

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A Historical Trivia Challenge

Posted on September 23, 2018 by

September 23, 2018 Bartlesville is the seat of Washington County in northeast Oklahoma. The county is a north-south strip that is only about 10 miles wide and 40 miles long. The smallest county in the state, it lies along the … Continue reading →

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Arid Adventure, Part 5: Moab

Posted on July 20, 2018 by

TRIP DATES: June 13-15, 2018 | Slideshow | Photo Album After completing our tour of Antelope Canyon and having lunch in Page, Arizona, we had a five-hour drive to reach our trip’s penultimate hotel in Moab, Utah. Although Moab is … Continue reading →

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