The Hall of Fire

I think the inn is living up to its name

Yes, in fact I remember the day I walked into my local camera shop to get a set of developed photos. The guy behind the counter said "I see you finally got auto-focus". Yup, it was that bad. But now I could look forward to 24 mostly in focus photos per roll instead of 2 per roll. I've gott...

They are so used to us coming and going on the back porch that I just stand out there with my telephoto in hand, and take pics as close as 5 feet away. Sometimes they buzz me to go away and leave them alone. Also, if I take 20 pics, one of them will be in focus. That's the one I post.

Someone maliable. Someone who will change course, perhaps for money or position, favors. Trump likely doesn't care if Vance doesn't look good because Trump is the type of person who believes you have to crush others to be on top. Trump could never emotionally deal with someone like Walz. Someone wh...

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Lots of hummingbirds at my place, probably because my husband put up a large number of feeders and keeps complaining that he has to fill them every few days, but he actually loves seeing them. So far, all Anna's Hummingbirds.

Which family member, do you think?

The 22nd amendment only limits the number of elected terms and vacancy filling terms, not the number of terms obtained by other means.

If you are looking for hard science fiction, you are in the wrong place. Star Trek is space opera, and it's good at it. I try not to puzzle out the lack of scientific accuracy, such as why people aren't squashed flat every time they accelerate. I don't buy the whole "inertial damper" thing...

Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, on the banks of Sonoma Creek, near Santa Rosa.

The nice thing about getting winded when hiking up a steep trail, is the opportunity to stand quietly for 5 minutes, and be surprised by a gray fox trotting up to a rock nearby and curling up for a nap. (He was about 50 feet away, I had a camera with telephoto lens in hand.)

It is a good show. I'm glad you are getting to see it.

"Ow!" he cried. "You are too hard now to slap!" (Bilbo, to Frodo, after Frodo put on the mithril shirt.)

I'm currently in a secluded valley, camping, but there's a free wifi site at the visitor's center. So of course I had to check in ;) And then I pulled up Libby, downloaded FOTR and hey presto! I thought the quote might be in Rivendell. But could not find it with a quick skim. I'm off now, for anothe...

Was the speaker Bilbo?

So, a non-fellowship hobbit to a fellowship hobbit. At Crickhollow?

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A few friends from the Santa Cruz area.

Frelga and Rose, I found out you can manage your holds in Libby to come available after a certain date. Click on "Manage Hold", then "Delivering Later", then move the slider to the date at which you will optimistically have time to read it. The book will be delivered soon after t...

I went to the monthly Zoom-mini-moot today with Jude and we talked about, among other things, The Expanse. I'm not going to say how many times I have seen the series and read (listened to) the books, but it's probably not up to the level of repeat reading of the LOTR books over the years, or rewatch...