We're home. Texas has a little bit of everything. We traveled from some of the most congested areas of the country to some of the most r...

I've decided that I like the hilly parts of Texas a lot more than the flat parts. The Davis Mountains were beautiful. We had breakfast t...

Tonight was an adventure. We saw lots of Javelina pigs. Some of them were very close but we didn't get attacked. We saw enough deer cros...

We made it to Fort Davis. Texas is a very big state. The drive was a little over seven hours and covered a lot of flat open land. Around Am...

I got off to a slow start this morning. I was planning to go to the gym early, but that didn't happen. All my little errands took twice ...

I was looking for a key this afternoon and realized that I didn't know what half the keys on my key ring even went to anymore. These key...

Every time I go to the bank I wonder what has happened to jobs in this country. There are lots of empty offices and very few employees. All ...

Sometimes simple things can take forever. I was trying to add some software to my laptop that was already on my desktop computer. I've h...

I got a letter from the Editor at Sky & Telescope today saying that the magazine was interested in my proposal for an article about the ...

Today was busy. I changed our destination in West Texas from Alpine to Fort Davis. Fort Davis is much closer to the observatory and I wasn...

This was the first day I haven't walked in quite a while. There just wasn't time. I had quite a few things I needed to do before we ...

I saw three fire trucks, an ambulance, and the fire department rescue boat converge on the lake as I was walking today. Someone must have dr...

All the grocery stores seem to be replacing cashiers with self-checkout stations. When I was shopping this morning there were only two cashi...

I see a lot of families at the new neighborhood restaurant. I'm amazed that even little babies seem to know how to use iPhones and table...

The new dehumidifier arrived today. It seems to be working fine although the humidity is about the same as it was before. We'll see how ...

It rained this morning. The temperature was noticeably cooler and I should have taken my morning walk as soon as I got up, but of course I d...

When I was walking this morning an old guy on a bicycle pulled over and started giving me advice on being out in the sun. His advice basical...