Huffman Prairie

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Huffman Prairie

In 1903, the Wright brothers successfully flew for a handful of seconds at Kitty Hawk. The next year, the brothers started experimenting and flying at Huffman Prairie, northeast of Dayton, OH in an effort to learn how to control their airplane and improve its design so that it would become a practical machine. Later, the prairie became the first permanent flying school, where the brothers charged $750 per student to teach them how to fly.

Even today, the prairie is impressive, though it no longer contains the cows that the wrights had to dodge.

Reading in Silence

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Reading Quietly

She reads in silence.

Her lips don’t make a sound. However, occasionally they may move as her eyes leap across the page. Scanning. Looking for meaning in the words on the paper.

Understanding slowly creeping in as she reads further. These are after all, instructions. Yes, I said instructions. The lowest form of literature. Tricksters. Words whose only intent is to confuse and misdirect your thoughts under the guise of providing illumination and understanding. Vile words.

No words ever grew up with the dream of becoming instructions. Poetry, yes. Fiction, yes. Instructions, no.

Ephemeral Life Is Moving!

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Hi all of you loyal readers. Every couple of years, I feel the urge to completely overhaul the look and feel of the site. This year, I also decided to take advantage of the moment and move the site from Type Pad to WordPress. TP is getting a bit long in the tooth and hasn’t been able to stay current.

While the transition is in progress, you will see this site changing on a regular basis as I groom the new design and experiment with some of WordPress’ features. Be patient and It will settle down in the next couple of weeks.

Mean while, have a great week ahead.

Tim

Lilly and Myrtle

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It’s been a while since we last checked in on Lilly and Myrtle, so I stopped at the farm on Friday and visited them for a few minutes. They are both doing fine.

Myrtle is growing quickly and is now taller than the grass in the pasture. Still, she has plenty of young kid in her. When given the chance, she bolts and runs huge circles through the tall grass, though never too far from Lilly.

Have a great day folks.

all about Gabe

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Gabe

 

That there handsome face belongs to our friend Gabe. The man is one of those people that put you immediately at ease when you first meet. Here are some interesting facts about Gabe, the Man, the Myth, and the Legend:

 

  • He is so cool that beer mugs become frosted the moment he sits at the table.
  • Queen Elizabeth once offered to knight him because she liked the cut of his cod piece.
  • He once broke up three marriages simply by jogging through the neighborhood without his shirt on.
  • The Most Interesting Man on Earth bows down to Gabe and utters the words "I am not worthy" when in Gabe's presence. 
  • He is so kind that Sister Theresa looked up to him.
  • Gabe is so smart that Google comes to him when they get stumped. 
  • Gabe is so masculine that Clint Eastwood once whined that Gabe was making him look bad.
  • Cat's secretly wish they could be as cool as Gabe.

 

If you know Gabe, leave a couple of your favorite Gabe facts in the comments.