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Thanks Mike C!

Thanks to Mark D. There’s a great website to check current air quality, click on https://www2.purpleair.com/ fo the latest updates.

Thanks to Donna D. Trump or Biden? By Thomas L. Friedman Opinion Columnist About four years ago, without asking anybody, I changed my job description. It used to be “New York Times foreign affairs columnist.” Instead, I started calling myself the … Continue reading →

Tiny Naganohara aims to beat the world and operate the first self-driving amphibious bus for tourists Ed Note: Perhaps a new way of commuting? Thanks to Gordon G. By John Boyd No longer a rare sight, amphibious buses can now be … Continue reading →

From Lidia F: The article is from a newspaper (of very limited circulation).  It was digitally scanned by Ann Parthemore who is my niece and who was impressed by the way these two women went about dealing with the pandemic … Continue reading →

Thanks to Dorothy W.

Sunday and Monday will mark a time for this blog to rest a bit, get outside, take a walk – and, umm, get some work done. So stay tuned for next week when I’ll try to catch up. Honor the … Continue reading →

Thanks to Gordon G.

Thanks to Gordon G!

Thanks to Rosemary W!

Thanks to Mike C. for sending this

Thanks Sybil-Ann!

Thanks to Gordon G.

To save lives, and save the economy, we need another lockdown. By Michael T. Osterholm and Neel Kashkari in the NYT Dr. Osterholm is director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. Mr. Kashkari is president … Continue reading →

A number of Skyline residents are missing their voters guide for Tuesday’s election. You can access it at https://voter.votewa.gov/genericvoterguide.aspx?e=865&c=99#/ Mail your ballot Monday or Tuesday.

Thanks to Gordon G. and our firefighters

Thanks to Sybil-Ann!

Ed Note: I remember my kids not knowing how to use the dial phone to call home from a neighbor’s house. It seemed funny at the time. I do hope the tech changes in our life bring more positives than … Continue reading →

In these two articles (see links below) from the Atlantic, it’s pointed out that the COVID-19 infection is passed person to person mainly in airborne respiratory droplets. Outdoors is much safer than indoors. Surfaces (elevator buttons for example) do not … Continue reading →

WRDV-FM and WLBS-FM’s eclectic format serves up a delicious mix of twentieth century nostalgia. Click here to listen: http://www.wrdv.org/ We play everything from the old standards of the 20’s and 30’s, thru the Jazz Age, the Big Band era, and … Continue reading →