Let us start the month with the elephant in the room, or should we say in the western sky? Venus remains the star of the show, so to speak, dominating the western sky. After Venus and Jupiter had their very close encounter early in March, they began to drift apart until Jupiter dropped out of […]
The late Tom Hartzell and I were having a discussion about the Pacific Northwest in the lunchroom one day. Tom mentioned he and his wife would be vacationing there in the near future, so I took the opportunity to ask him a little favor. I said, “Well, if you happen to find an ashtray […]
You probably recognize the last name in the title and are thinking, “Hey bud, you got the wrong first name. Don’t you mean ‘Micky Dolenz’?” You are half right – I am talking about the former lead singer and drummer of The Monkees, but we will get to the ‘Michael’ part in a bit. […]
It was interesting to read how the guitar / amplifier company EVH founded by the late Eddie Van Halen has evolved since its inception. The roots of the venture go all the way back to 1990-1992 when the Peavey company began working with Eddie on a signature model amp (the EVH 5150). The company […]
Cartoons have been one of my life-long obsessions. I don’t mean ‘obsession’ as in ‘I collect them’, I just love reading them. Since the first days I picked up the Marquette Mining Journal, my habit has been to start with the comic page. In the past, I have mentioned that the MMJ comics were […]
UPDATE NO. 1 – AS OF MARCH 20, 2023, OUR FUND RAISING EFFORT FOR A NEW TRANSMITTER IS IN FULL SWING – WHILE I AM HAPPY TO REPORT WE ARE 1/3 OF THE WAY TO OUR GOAL OF $2,850, WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO. ANY AMOUNT YOU CAN COMMIT TO HELPING US UPGRADE IN […]
Mark your calendars if you are planning to celebrate the Vernal (or Spring) Equinox. One of the two days of the year when all points on the globe receive 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness, this year’s event happens on March 20 at 5:24 p.m. EDT. What happens at this precise […]
Yes, go ahead and finish the lyric begun above; “are made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do, one day these boots are going to walk all over you.” Some may hear Nancy Sinatra’s voice singing her No 1 hit from 1966. It was written and produced by Lee Hazlewood and entered the […]
Hold the phone! February begins as January ended with the exciting opportunity to see a deep space comet that last passed our neighborhood some 50,000 years ago. There are already copious numbers of photos plastered all over the internet of what is being called ‘The Green Comet’ due to its greenish hue. Comet C/2022 […]
Above from upper left – clockwise – The 2022-23 core group who will run the 8th version of the S4SD – DbD8 program with the $1100 grant WOAS recently received – upper right – Some of the DbD7 crew with the State Police Community Service Officer who brought the driving simulator to the Ontonagon Area […]