I think almost everyone has the Aurora on their bucket list, and last night/early this morning was the strongest geomagnetic storm in 20 years. That meant everyone as far South as Florida had a chance, and boy did it deliver! Below is some of the scientific data. We hit a KP 9, which is a…
Today in Ohio we got the once in a lifetime experience, a total solar eclipse we didn’t need to travel for. The last total solar eclipse was in 1806, and the next will be in 2099. Needless to say, we’ll need to travel to see one again. In 2017, we had an 80% partial, and…
We live in an old farmhouse. It’s drafty, it’s dusty, and it’s in a consistent state of renovations. That being said, our laundry room was becoming a cluttered catch-all. Originally the laundry room was closed off from the kitchen, and there was an entrance from the hallway, but the hallway is so narrow, and we…
Every year for at least the past 5 years we’ve been the country folk that head to the big city so kiddo #3 can get an annual x-ray of her legs with the Orthopedic Pediatric Surgeon. She is an anomaly, with her left tibia being bowed, causing knock-knee and a little over 2cm difference in…
It’s Groundhog Day! Phil has told us Spring is in the air. No shadow this year (despite us being able to see his shadow, apparently it did not spook him). Have you ever watched this ceremony? All those guys with top hats, reading from scrolls, being all Monopoly Guy proper. How does one become the…