Q & A With Mark Van Roojen, a Philosophy Professor and Cabin Builder – Times Topics Blog – NYTimes.com (0)
7/03/09 •
In past blog posts, I’ve mentioned both Lou Ureneck and Mark Van Roojen. If the Internet is the “Information SuperHighway”, then I guess you could call Mark, Lou, and I ”neighbors” on the same “Internet gravel road”. Mark had some weather slow downs during his trip west in June, and Lou spent time away from the [...]
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Duck :30 (2)
6/28/09 •
The Peabody Hotel in Memphis parades a pair of ducks through the lobby every afternoon. Every 6 months or so, they get new ducks. Big whup!
The 4 black cayuga ducks of Two Mile Ranch can get on and off the little pond by themselves. Getting to the pond, has never been a problem, getting OFF [...]
Summer Solstice June 21 (0)
6/19/09 •
June 21 is the summer solstice and the sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn. The days grow shorter following the 21st.
Saying “so long” to an old friend on the farm (0)
6/14/09 •
It is time this week to say good bye to my first friend at Two Mile Ranch. That friend is Ol Red, the Farmall 706 that came as part of the property deal when I bought the farm in 2005.
I never called “Ol Red” by name except in this blog, A tractor does not have [...]
DTV leaves me in the dark (0)
6/13/09 •
I am now part of the tv signal-less rural America. According to the FCC Web site interactive map of DTV signals around Two Mile Ranch, converter box or not, antennae or not, I won’t be seeing over-the air TV any time soon.
This is not a big change in my life. I don’t own a [...]
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