Our First Disagreement

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I doubt that it was our first disagreement but this postcard reminds me of one disagreement early on.

Mt Kenya Safari Club

Presumably these birds are to be seen at the Mt. Kenya Safari Club. They are very handsome and colorful I must say. BUT when Ian, my fiancé told me he had booked the world famous Mt Kenya Safari Club for our honeymoon, I was somewhat dismayed, surprised, and annoyed. First of all I assumed that we were jointly planning our honeymoon destination. What possessed him to take this decision on his own? And furthermore I had no wish to stay at the Mt. Kenya Safari Club. Glitzy, Hollywood star studded, etc. Well we didn’t fall out completely over this disagreement – thankfully …….but.

TANSTAAFL: Lava Ridge Wind Farm

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A good example of TAANSTAFL.

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Wind Turbine Farm, Central Snake River Plain, Idaho

WC is a member of the Board of Directors of Idaho Conservation League, which has strongly held, public views on this issue. In fact, WC will quote ICL’s position later. WC wants to be very clear that the views expressed in this blog post are WC’s, not ICL’s, and that ICL bears no responsibility for the options expressed here.

WC has argued earlier that when it comes to green energy, There Ain’t No Such Thing As a Free Lunch, TANSTAAFL. There is always a price. In an earlier post, WC mentioned the controversy around that proposed Lava Ridge Wind Farm as an example. In this post, WC looks more closely at that proposed large scale green energy project and how TANSTAAFL applies to it.

The proposed Lava Ridge Wind Farm would be located in south-central Idaho, south and a little west of…

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STUPID DITTIES

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mistermuse's avatarThe Observation Post

In this post, we take an exit from EVIL in my previous post to take on the subject of STUPID. You may contend that I’ve already published a lot of stupid posts, but that wouldn’t be very nice of you….and it goes without saying that I resemble that remark, so kindly keep your dope-inions to yourself!

Now, as to the connection (if any) between evil and stupid, I have an open mind. On the one head, we’ve all heard of the term “evil genius,” but who ever heard of a stupid genius? On the other head, it seems a goodly number of stupid people have a genius for the art of evil….so, draw your own conclusions. Meanwhile, I shall quote the conclusions of others on the subject at hand:

“If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?” –Will Rogers

“Genius may have its…

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A Busy Day

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I had a busy day yesterday and am quite tired today. Hence I am reviewing my schedule for the weeks ahead. What is making me busy and extra tired?? BIRTHDAYS. In April and May there is an absolute cascade of birthdays to celebrate, starting with my mother’s on April 7th.

On April 7, 1912 my mother was born in the family home on Hennepin Ave in Minneapolis Minnesota. Was the house rented or owned? That is a question I should have asked.

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My mother, held by the doctor, shortly after being born at home, Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis Minnesota, April 7, 1912

The photo was taken by my grandfather, (the baby’s father).

Dorothy not 12 hours old

Religion, Assimilation and the Yup’ik Experience

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A lot to ponder in this entry.

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Rev. Sheldon Jackson, D.D., c. 1895 (photographer unknown), via WikiCommons

WC subscribes to too many email lists. One of those email lists recently coughed up an article on the early stages of the Moravian church’s missionary experience in the Kuskokwim River delta in southwestern Alaska. “Moravians and Yup’ik on the Kuskokwim River Delta,” by Ryan Barwick has an interesting defensive tone, but is based on a thorough study of the Moravian mission to southwest Alaska over its first 30 years or so.

WC lived for five years in a rental house that was part of the Moravian “mission row” in Bethel, Alaska. That gave a very young and very impressionable young WC an odd perspective on the Moravian missionary effort, and a lingering interest in the impact of the missionaries on WC’s Yup’ik schoolmates.

Some background for non-Alaskans: in 1883, Reverend Sheldon Jackson, a Presbyterian minister, was selected…

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GROWTH

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Anne's avatarSomething Over Tea

Life goes on in the cycles it has followed since the world began. I have been thinking about the many things that have made me happy in my life and my thoughts naturally turn to my children and grandchildren. I could fill pages of cute baby photographs compared with the adults my children have become and how my grandchildren have turned into interesting people – but I won’t. Well, to warm to the theme of growth, let me slip in one idea of how little hands later become large hands capable of doing so many different things:

We tend to think of living things when we mull over a theme of growth. While rust does not reproduce or eat in the way a living organism would, it is a chemical reaction we are familiar with the consequences of: if we leave rust alone it will destroy almost anything – like…

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Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L Sayers

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joulesbarham's avatarNorthern Reader

The plan of reading my folio set of Dorothy L Sayers proceeds apace, with my reading of Murder Must Advertise  which I greatly enjoyed.  Many editions of these books are available, which means that anyone can get their hands on a copy easily, which makes a nice change from some of the more obscure books I read. I do enjoy reading these lovely books, though, with their nice clear print. Excellent Christmas gift, Northernvicar!

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Variously described as a Golden Age Murder Mystery, or a good novel with a murder in it, I really enjoyed reading Dorothy L Sayers  Murder Must Advertise   which features her near perfect detective, the aristocratic Lord Peter Wimsey.

Following the death of Victor Dean, copywriter, Mr Pym of Pyms Publicity advertising agency, Peter is called in to investigate and he opts to become Mr Death Bredon, aspiring Copywriter. He earns the tremendous sum…

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