The Pale Blue Dot, by Carl Sagan
so beautiful, brings tears to my eyes . . .
Streaming Holiday Tunes on SiriusXM
I’ve had such a pleasant day at work, listening to holiday music on the Mannheim Steamroller channel on #Siriusxm
How to import and export RSS feeds through OPML files in Feedly:
The Invisible Man
We see right through the unshowered soul living in a car by the beach, or by the Walmart, or by the side of the road. But he’s there, and he used to be somebody. He still is. A firsthand account of homelessness in America.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a62875397/homelessness-in-america/?src=longreads
A gofundme page has been set up for Mr. Fealey
I wonder how many Mr. Fealeys park their cars at the local Walmart parking lot near me.
Under pressure from the SCC, Dominion reveals the true cost of data centers
New filing shows electricity demand would be flat without the industry https://virginiamercury.com/2024/11/26/under-pressure-from-the-scc-dominion-reveals-the-true-cost-of-data-centers/
Under pressure from the SCC, Dominion reveals the true cost of data centers
I am concerned this could be Georgia’s future.
How to install Firefox on a Chromebook
https://www.techradar.com/how-to/how-to-install-firefox-on-a-chromebook
Your Windows 10 PC can’t be upgraded? You have 5 options before support ends in 2025 | ZDNET
I’ve used this soap more times than I can remember to remove stubborn stains from my clothes (like blood & tomatoe sauce).
The best way to treat a stain is to treat it quickly with some kind of prewash solution and then to launder it in cold water. Any kind of heat can set the stain in the fabric, making it near impossible to remove.
But I’ve used Fels-Naptha soap to remove stains even after I’ve accidentally run a garment through the wash and dried it in a hot dryer.
All I do is take the garment to the sink, run cold water over the stain, dampen the soap, rub it on the wet stained spot, and rub the fabric together several times, then rinse and repeat if necessary.
The tee-shirt shown in the picture below had a bad splotchy stain around the bottom of the v neckline (spaghetti sauce). I treated the stain with some kind of pretreatment spray and then ran it through the washing machine (on cold). The stain was still quite noticeable after the wash, so I hand scrubbed the tee with my old standby Fels-Naptha and Voilà! All Gone!
It works! Fels-Naptha Laundry Soap is phenomenal!
Check it out #books #reading #NPR
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Here are four varieties of the African Violets that I propagated from leaves that are currently blooming.
This is a Ness’ Blueberry Puff. It’s been blooming for several weeks.
Two “Cajon’s Cherished Hope” African Violets. These were the first that bloomed and have been producing blooms for a couple of months.
An EK-Sady Semiramidy. What a lovely bloom! The bloom reminds me of the Sweet Shrub that blooms in early Spring.
Three Bishop African Violets that started blooming 2 weeks ago. Isn’t it interesting that two of the plants’ blooms are a light pink and the third plant has a darker bloom?
So, for now only four varieties of my African Violets have produced blooms and I have eight more varieties coming along. I’ll post pictures of those when they start producing blooms.
The summer heat continues, but
spiders spin their intricate webs,
hummingbirds urgently swarm porch feeders,
soon they depart on their perilous southern journey,
reds and oranges appear in the underbrush.
The shortening days signal the change that is coming,
and the spider lilies are blooming again.
