Category Archives: Series

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The Village, the Fence and the Sign: a Fable 0 (0)

I called what I’m sharing this week a “fable”. That’s a misnomer. It’s a very short story, about twelve hundred words. But since it doesn’t have talking animals, I gather it should be called a “parable”.1 I’m calling it a … Continue reading

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WISPIT 2b: Giant Planet Growing in a Distant Gap 0 (0)

WISPIT 2 is a protostar, a very young star that’s still growing. At the moment, it’s roughly as massive as our Sun, and very roughly a third of the way to Kappa Aquila: a very bright, very hot, star that’s … Continue reading

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Just a Little Fire, Under Control: at the Moment 0 (0)

One of our daughters and her husband run a milling company on the homestead where my mother grew up. Nothing about running a small business is, I suspect, “routine”, but some days are less routine than other. Take, for example, … Continue reading

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Our First Childbirth: Memories and a Few Thoughts 0 (0)

When I asked our oldest daughter what she’d like me to write about this week, she suggested “stories about when each of us was born”. The birth of each child was an important event, at least for me and my … Continue reading

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A Stained Glass Window, a Baron, Initiative and Rules 0 (0)

It’s been about a half-century since I worked for the Red River Valley Historical Society. Articles I wrote for their Red River Valley Heritage Press are in the MSMM Archives, and that’s another topic.1 Something I liked about that historical … Continue reading

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