Author: brucewinter

Happy Summer Solstice+3! A fun weekend was has here, blowing bubbles and writing chess programs. We were going to play tennis with Nick on Sat. and go autocross racing with Zack on Sun., but it rained, so we stayed home and enjoyed the raindrops. Rainy days are good for bubbles, as the high humidity lets…

Hello with Jello, Speaking of jello, did you know that egg yolks, when left on the counter for 2 days, turn into yellow jello. And into something a bit less appealing after 4+ days. We had nice visits from both brother Mal and N/Z cousins Crystal and Hedi Gates. Malcolm dropped by for an overnight…

Yo-yo to all yo-yo fiends, And hello as well to those who don’t yo to the yo. Nick as survived his first week at the IBM. His mentor predicts it willtake a month of learning before he will be of much use. This week thechallenge was to read as many technical documents as possible withoutfalling…

Happy Day to all the Moms! Especially to my red hat-ed Mom Mom. Sue, I talked to Mom yesterday and told her about the red hat picture you found last week. She figures it was an Easter Sunday outing that inspired it. Mom, Moma bear (brother Mal) predicts that hat will come back into style….

Yo hi ho, I’ve got another round of baby fish! 10+ black ones this time. Idoubt all 10 will decide to hang around (only 1 from my previous batchdid), but if they do, I’m gonna have to break out my fishing pole andhave a fish fry. Speaking of cooking things, did you know you can…

Hellos, Spring is springing here. 70s and greening up nicely. I washed andwaxed the white one (obligatory photo attached) to the beautiful tweeting of red robins. Real robins this time <grin>. From what I have heard, it sounds like most (all?) of you bought my April 1st red robin story. To be fair, I should…