allen | April 10, 2010
Finish what you start! June and Vicki were on their way back from their grandmother’s house. They enjoyed the walk to and from their grandmother’s house on the other side of the lake almost as much as they did the visit. Grandma had a small house just off the lake in a little cove. There [...]
allen | March 4, 2010
Do you know what a comet is? Have you ever seen a comet? Unless you were using binoculars or a telescope, you have probably never seen a comet except in a movie or on TV. Even though comets can be very large and move very fast, it is very difficult to see one without some [...]
allen | February 25, 2010
“TIME”[5/8/2000, page 26] magazine recently had a short piece in it about a pilotless aircraft that crashed in the desert. The fact that an aircraft crashed in the desert was not that big of a story and probably would not have made it in the magazine. What is unusual about this is how and why [...]
allen | February 4, 2010
Bonsai is the ancient Oriental art of growing miniature trees. After choosing a promising looking young plant, the tree is watered and nourished to get it used to its new surroundings. After a while, it is transplanted to a new container. Normally during this transplant process, the roots are trimmed and thinned out. Once the [...]