It Only Takes A Fresh Perspective

Lila Kerr was drawing her own blood and handing it over to a room full of health directors in Yatzaputzan, a village in the Ecuadorian Andes, as they prepared to test out a portable centrifuge created by a team of Rice University undergraduates.

The anticipation was high as they pushed down on a button [...]

Seasonal Chores

The Yard

The rains last week had me cruising around on Monday for most of the day. I was flying formation with squadrons of dragonflies as I made my rounds on the Deere…The summer numbers are here at last. There must have been a couple of thousand of the flying marauders circling and diving [...]

An Interesting Week

Thunderstorms and Heat

The week started off with thunderstorms rolling through the area…Lights were blinking, internet connectivity was problematic at best but we kept on keeping on. Wednesday’s storms missed us and by Thursday we were into the “Heat” part of the week.

What I mean by heat is that when I wake up [...]