Monday, January 30, 2023

That Incredible, Incomprehensible Thing in my Head

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  "The human brain has 100 billion neurons, each neuron connected to ten thousand other neurons.  Sitting on your shoulders is the most...
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Monday, January 23, 2023

The Routine -- And Breaking It Up

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  In happier days... Copyright © 2023 by Ralph F. Couey There are roads one can drive that create a journey that is seemingly endless.  US 1...
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Saturday, December 31, 2022

New Year's Steep and Rocky Path

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Honolulu Star-Advertiser "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams." – Thoreau Copyright © 2022 by Ralph F. Couey We measure...
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Sunday, December 25, 2022

Vows Fulfilled

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Copyright © 2022 By Ralph F. Couey Christmas 2022 was a curious sort of event for us.  No visitors, and our only link to family was electron...
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Friday, December 09, 2022

Pele's Dance on Hawai'i Island

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  Mauna Loa (USGS) Copyright © 2022 by Ralph F. Couey It was a relatively quiet Sunday evening.  There was no weather to speak of, no other ...
Sunday, October 16, 2022

The Eternal Music of the Moonlight

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Piano Sonata No. 14 Ludwig van Beethoven AKA "Moonlight"  Copyright © 2022 By Ralph F. Couey I've been around classical music ...
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Thursday, October 13, 2022

Sunrise, Sunset, and Doves

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  "Every sunrise gives you a new beginning and a new ending. Let this morning be a new beginning.  It's an opportunity  to enjoy li...
Saturday, September 10, 2022

Catching Up

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 Copyright © 2022 By Ralph F. Couey Image and written content The English monarchy has a very long history, some 1,400 years if you go back ...
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Monday, August 01, 2022

Missing the Music and the Joy

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  "Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold Auerbach Copyright © 2022 By Ralph F. Couey There were ...
Monday, June 27, 2022

The Best Kind of Trip

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  Copyright © 2022 By Ralph F. Couey We've lived in Honolulu now for about three-and-a-half years, both of us working at jobs that at ti...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Seasons, and the Passage of Time

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This has nothing to do with the post.  It's just another pretty sunset. Copyright © 2022 By Ralph F. Couey For most of my life, the pass...
Friday, April 29, 2022

When Normal Feels Abnormal

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  Copyright © 2022 by Ralph F. Couey After two very long years, the long claws of the Pandemic are finally loosening their grip.  Over the p...
Monday, April 18, 2022

Time, Tides, and the Really Important Things

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  Copyright © 2022 By Ralph F. Couey Sixteen years ago, I wrote the first piece of this blog, an essay about Ben Rothlesberger's motorcy...
Friday, April 08, 2022

Riding the Pony, Living the Dream

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Copyright © 2022 By Ralph F. Couey 18 months ago I began a relationship. No, not with a human, but a magnificent automobile, the fulfillment...
Sunday, March 27, 2022

War in the Neighborhood

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  The park near the Mariupol Drama Theater   ©Google Maps Aftermath   ©Evening Standard Copyright © 2022 By Ralph F. Couey Written content o...
Thursday, March 24, 2022

The Universe as a Distraction

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  The first image from the Webb Space Telescope.   Credit: : NASA/STScI Copyright © 2022 by Ralph F. Couey Yes.  It's been awhile.  For ...
Monday, September 20, 2021

Homo Sapiens 3.0?

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  (Image credit: T.H. Jarrett (IPAC/SSC)) The observable universe, out to about 380,000 light years. The entire universe is estimated at 94 ...
Monday, September 06, 2021

Making Plans. Yeah. Right.

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Another glorious sunset... It's been a busy few weeks, as my lack of attention to this site has demonstrated.  Not that I have millions ...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Dreams That Come in Grandkids

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  Copyright © 2021 by Ralph F. Couey Something wonderful happens to folks when they get grandchildren. The arrival of these chubby little bu...
Monday, August 16, 2021

Old Roots, New Roots

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Prairie Sunset east of Denver Copyright © 2021 by Ralph F. Couey "The best way to institute change is to let go of those things that ju...
Saturday, August 07, 2021

Beach Wedding and the Faith of Hope

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Copyright © 2021 by Ralph F. Couey I've been on a bit of a writing sabbatical, partially because life has gotten very busy, but also bec...

You Can't Keep a Good Pub Down...Forever

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  Copyright © 2021 by Ralph F. Couey "There is nothing so silent as a room  where the walls once echoed with the sound of laughter....
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Thursday, June 17, 2021

Finally Getting "Normal" Back Again

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Copyright © 2021 by Ralph F. Couey "I didn't want normal until I didn't have it anymore." --Mary Stiefvater For the past 1...
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Saturday, June 12, 2021

The Teeny Titan of Tech

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  from bulkmemorycards.com Copyright ©2021 by Ralph F. Couey It's such a tiny little thing.  A piece of gray plastic about the size of m...