Random Acts of Verbiage

In news today, “Bright Chunks at Phoenix Lander’s Mars Site Must Have Been Ice” (!!) This is big news! It was known that water ice exists on Mars, but now there is direct evidence for it. The image at right shows “sublimation of ice in the trench informally called “Dodo-Goldilocks” over the course of four [...]

To mix things up a bit, I thought I would do something I don’t often do: a meme. I stole this from Cori, no, I am not original. The Instructions: a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search. b. Using only the first page, pick an image. c. Copy and [...]

Last Friday I braved a field trip to Mount St. Helens with 300 8th graders! I have been finishing the year by filling in for an 8th grade teacher who went on medical leave. One of her projects (that she adores) is an all grade field trip up the volcano. I’ll have to admit, it [...]