Lately, I’ve been stuck at my desk with the mind numbing task to trying to schedule a covid vaccination. The poor health department website is so overwhelmed that you have to retry the page endlessly. Yesterday I clicked on that site for thirteen hours straight. It turned out that they probably shut down because of… Continue reading Reading My Old Books
Category: Daily Life
Taking Star Photos with my iPhone
I’ve been fascinated with taking star pictures for decades. I never thought I’d be able to do so with my iPhone, at least not without a big telescope in front of it. My iPhone 11 Pro will probably be eclipsed by something else before you know it, but the ease of using this one is… Continue reading Taking Star Photos with my iPhone
Poison Ivy Tree
Far from me to be an expert in plants and wildlife—for that, hunt down the many, many blogs, articles, and newspaper features by my wife Mary Ann Melton—but I’m spending a lot more time that usual doing yard work on our property. This year, I’m seeing things that I’ve missed before. Just yesterday, I glanced… Continue reading Poison Ivy Tree