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The Great e-Scrape is Over
Read more: The Great e-Scrape is OverBooks are such wonderful things. A few years ago we indulged and purchased the entire collection of Jack Vance books in their Spatterlight edition. It sure is a lot of books and takes up a fair bit of space. The unusual name refers to one of the author’s narrative plot devices, but in reality it…
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Always the Sun
Read more: Always the SunThe season turned on Saturday. You can feel the difference from only the day beforehand. The sun was different somehow, and even set later. Energy from the local star hitting the skin felt warm, and even produced a light sweat during exertion. Beautiful weather really. With the traditional spring lean period, it was the perfect…
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Alive and Kicking
Read more: Alive and KickingToday marks the conclusion of the annual solar power highway to the danger zone. For three weeks on either side of the winter solstice, the sun is so darned low in the sky, that it can be a challenge to capture enough electricity to fully charge the house batteries. It’s a tough time of year…
