This summer my family and I visited the tiny scenic town of Wallace, Idaho. Wallace is primarily known for two things; it’s the town you see in Dante’s Peak that gets destroyed by a volcano and it’s the Center of… Read More »Welcome to the Center of the Universe
My son Spencer was given the task of shredding a big box of old financial papers for us. His response was to automate the task using his Arduino microcontroller. He built an auto feeder with a stepper motor and a… Read More »Automated Paper Shredder
Currently, I’m in between finishing the edits for Corvette 3 and finishing the last half of a Mystery novel. I can’t really do anything on the first and I don’t have time to get into the other one before I… Read More »In Between Time
We are back in Tennessee this week for Spring Break. My father-in-law passed away and we are attending his memorial service. Here’s a picture of a Dogwood tree in their front yard.
To all those who’ve served and all those currently serving. A missing man formation by some Navy F-18 fighters and a couple of sticks of flare.
My family spent most of last week up at Seven Devils Lodge near Council, Idaho. We had a blast! All of us got trained up on horse riding and by our third day, were helping move cattle on the ranch.… Read More »Back From Vacation
Just back from a backpacking hike in the Payette National Forest in central Idaho. We all had fun and learned some new tricks to camping that we’ll try out next time we go. One of the great joys of living… Read More »Backpacking in Idaho
This is what the cat did all weekend. He’s the smart one. The wife and I deep cleaned and then painted our kitchen. We started painting our open design living/kitchen about nine years ago. We stopped at the kitchen. For… Read More »Weekend Update
My oldest son turns thirteen today and thus becomes a teenager. Happy Birthday Jack!
A good friend of my family has been suffering through some pretty horrible medical pain and I would like to extend her bandwidth to my website in the hopes that someone reading this may be able to help her. Below… Read More »Please Help Us Find a Solution to Kate’s Pain