Recent content by digitS'

Several years ago, I had to look up the meaning of an Oxford comma. Oh! Not needed? Okay, I can see that for a list of single words: simpler with one, two, three and four. Not confusing. Phrases are something else: blah-blah-blah, yada-yada-yada, yackety-yack-yack, and so on. BTW, it wasn't...

Outdoors briefly to see the moon, stars and clear sky after starting the first load of laundry. I used to question the "feels like" numbers as just a made up equation. Wooo, warm January temperatures at just right at freezing but wind gusts above 30mph! Wind chill is 19⁰f (-6⁰C). The Weather...

Sitting and waiting for the healthcare folks … When they say that folks travel more in retirement, you aren't told that it's to the doctor's office (in the snow) ;). I was reading this AM about a nearby ghost town that I have never visited – really off the beaten track. About the only building...

@Dahlia , My great grandmother's uncle used up much of the family's adventurous energy :D. Caleb Greenwood was reported to have been ordered to stay at a base camp while the rescue party continued on to the Donner wagon train rescue. The leader decided he was too old to risk the adventure.

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As a kid, I didn't live where there were sidewalks. There was an indoor place about 5 miles away in Ashland where we could rent skates. I bet Mom was happy that it wasn't any closer ;). Melanie's came a little late for me LINK but I can remember enjoying skating and whatever was playing over...

AKRoberts, I have been wondering how you have been weathering the storms there in California. Certainly, it would not be a good time to be on the Donner Pass ... in a wagon train or otherwise. Steve