Charles J. Rhone first came to the Dakota Territory as a child in 1876. He later became a legendary cowboy and railroad man in Cheyenne. I don’t know too much about his life, and I’m trying to find out more. His granddaughter, Harriet Elizabeth “Liz” Byrd (1926-2015) was a friend of my mother’s. Liz Byrd…

Science has enabled humanity to come out of the darkness and into the light. Superstition and conjecture no longer guide us. We have the scientific method. It’s a beacon to truth. But like everything else, it can go awry. It depends on who is using it, what goals they may have, what they hope to…

A city once proud, clean…

Martin Ginsburg (1932-2010) was Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s husband. He was a tax lawyer and law professor at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He was a specialist in Federal Tax Law. He wrote many articles on U.S. tax law which were published in several legal journals. After law school I practiced in an area of law…

A story of the unlikely rescue of a lost dog: In the summer of 1974 I did a lot of hiking around pearl pass in Colorado. It’s a little over 12,000 feet between Crested Butte and Aspen. There was, perhaps still is, an above timberline lake with lots of juicy brook trout. I enjoyed pitching…

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OOPS!! This video is from Norway, not Finland. From my friend Dave Nagler: Here is a BEAUTIFUL clip made with a drone flying in the Finnish Finnish Norwegian fjords, and it’s absolutely magnificent.   Here is a BEAUTIFUL clip made with a drone flying in the Finnish Norwegian fjords, and it’s absolutely magnificent.   https://www.youtube.com/embed/PqyPW-Bdd4E?rel=0