> Today is the 45th Anniversary of the '#Earthrise [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Earthrise&src=hash]' Image from #Apollo [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Apollo&src=hash] 8:http://t.co/gWQqFVMB2Y pic.twitter.com/xunvo4sSw7 [http://t.co/xunvo4sSw7] — NASA (@NASA) December 24, 2013…
> Good morning! The night before Christmas, and 2 humans are out in the open vacuum of space. http://t.co/mYPD7IjtCU pic.twitter.com/7KZEiUPHFB [http://t.co/7KZEiUPHFB] — Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) December 24, 2013 [https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/statuses/415454346898182144] --- Frederic Brussat has suggested another…
From the blog of Ben Saunders and Tarke L’Herpiniere for December 23. They're just past 89 degrees south and are less than 100 miles from the pole. I wonder at their dedication to their goal, their awareness of and respect for those who have been their before;…
I got two new splints yesterday. This one works on elbow extension and wrist supination. I didn't take a picture yet of the splint for wrist extension.…
Linda and I spent more time on the road in 2013 than we have in a long time. In March we headed to Pittsburgh to help Linda's mom celebrate her 85th birthday. We already made a presentation album and thought that was kind of a tired idea, so…
Thanksgiving Day Prayer by Walter Rauschenbusch (1861–1918) For the wide sky and the blessed sun, For the salt sea and the running water, For the everlasting hills And the never-resting winds, For trees and the common grass underfoot. We thank you for our senses By which we hear the…
The concluding stanzas of What the Heart Cannot Forget [http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2013/11/25] by Joyce Sutphen. In a decidedly unpoetic way, the image reminds me of the way my body feels when someone helps me exercise long unused muscles. > And the skin remembers…
Eight years out. I just ran into a doctor I don't often see and he said "you look great. You've come a long way." It still helps to have someone else's perspective.…