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The USAF Thunderbirds Are Coming to the Salinas, Ca. 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"title": "Chuck Yeager: Rest in Peace – Who’s the Best Pilot You Ever Saw?", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2020/12/14/chuck-yeager-rest-in-peace-whos-the-best-pilot-you-ever-saw/", "published_at": "2020-12-14T22:18:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf3-a3a3-7300-b158-a13ff2ce2f90", "title": "The 1918 “Inverted Jenny,” THE Airmail Postage Stamp", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2020/11/05/the-1918-inverted-jenny-the-airmail-postage-stamp/", "published_at": "2020-11-05T19:23:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf3-a3a3-7300-b158-a13ff326c976", "title": "Dad’s Toolbox: Long-Silent Reminder of a Master Craftsman", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2020/10/12/dads-toolbox-long-silent-reminder-of-a-master-craftsman/", "published_at": "2020-10-12T14:28:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf3-a3a3-7300-b158-a13ff34ccb3c", "title": "Charles Lindbergh: New York to Paris, 1927 – and the World Was Never the Same", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2020/09/15/charles-lindbergh-new-york-to-paris-1927-and-the-world-was-never-the-same/", "published_at": "2020-09-15T23:00:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bdf3-a3a3-7300-b158-a13ff4345dca", "title": "The China Clipper: Pan American Airways Opens Trans-Pacific Travel", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2020/08/13/the-china-clipper-pan-american-airways-opens-trans-pacific-travel/", "published_at": "2020-08-13T23:29:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be03-8d78-7136-80f3-7435fcd4c116", "title": "Finally Organizing the Garage…and Having Some Fun, Too!", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2020/07/22/finally-organizing-the-garage-and-having-some-fun-too/", "published_at": "2020-07-22T15:48:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be03-8d78-7136-80f3-7435fda67f9c", "title": "The Painted Lady (on Glass)", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2020/06/27/the-painted-lady-on-glass/", "published_at": "2020-06-28T04:05:10+00:00" }, { "id": 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Trumpet", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2019/09/13/aint-none-of-them-play-like-him-yet-the-great-harry-james-on-trumpet/", "published_at": "2019-09-13T14:48:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be03-8d78-7136-80f3-7436044a0c5a", "title": "An Evening with Trumpeter Chris Botti", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2019/08/24/an-evening-with-trumpeter-chris-botti/", "published_at": "2019-08-24T16:53:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be03-8d78-7136-80f3-74360461df57", "title": "Get America Moving Again: Reform Campaign Finance!", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2019/08/01/get-america-moving-again-reform-campaign-finance/", "published_at": "2019-08-01T17:30:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be03-8d78-7136-80f3-743604ad3874", "title": "Apollo 11: One Giant Leap for Mankind!", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2019/07/17/apollo-11-one-giant-leap-for-mankind/", "published_at": "2019-07-18T05:13:57+00:00" }, { "id": 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Tour”", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2019/04/28/the-collings-foundations-2019-wings-of-freedom-tour/", "published_at": "2019-04-28T16:46:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf181fde3f9", "title": "Notre-Dame de Paris: What to Do with This?", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2019/04/16/notre-dame-de-paris-what-to-do-with-this/", "published_at": "2019-04-16T17:57:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf1829b2725", "title": "The Navy’s Blue Angels Begin Another Season", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2019/03/26/the-navys-blue-angels-begin-another-season/", "published_at": "2019-03-26T19:03:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf182ba44e9", "title": "“While England Slept”: Winston Churchill and Serendipity at the Book Fair", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2019/02/18/while-england-slept-winston-churchill-and-serendipity-at-the-book-fair/", "published_at": "2019-02-18T17:40:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf182e272d5", "title": "World War II Aviation at the Lyon Air Museum", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2019/01/21/world-war-ii-aviation-at-the-lyon-air-museum/", "published_at": "2019-01-21T23:02:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf183427146", "title": "My Childhood Wood Pond Boat: Retired in Dry-dock After 72 Years!", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2019/01/06/my-childhood-wood-pond-boat-retired-in-dry-dock-after-72-years/", "published_at": "2019-01-06T18:44:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf183e62938", "title": "Thomas Edison’s Biggest Mistake and Nikola Tesla’s Greatest Triumph: AC vs. DC Power for America’s Power Grid", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2018/12/08/thomas-edisons-biggest-mistake-and-nikola-teslas-greatest-triumph-ac-vs-dc-power-for-americas-burgeoning-power-grid/", "published_at": "2018-12-08T23:33:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf1847749e7", "title": "Greenfield Village, Michigan: Henry Ford’s Historic Legacy", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2018/11/10/greenfield-village-michigan-henry-fords-historic-legacy/", "published_at": "2018-11-10T21:48:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf1854ad318", "title": "A Memorable Vignette from Our Local Farmer’s Market", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2018/10/14/a-memorable-vignette-from-our-local-farmers-market/", "published_at": "2018-10-14T22:13:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf185e5065d", "title": "Hermann Minkowski, Albert Einstein and Four-dimensional Space-time", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2018/09/10/hermann-minkowski-albert-einstein-and-four-dimensional-space-time/", "published_at": "2018-09-10T23:21:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf185f0ac4d", "title": "THINK. Thinking is Hard Work", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2018/07/30/think-thinking-is-hard-work/", "published_at": "2018-07-30T14:51:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf18683592c", "title": "Toulouse Nuts: Flying the Collings Foundation P-51D Mustang (Post-Script)", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2018/07/03/toulouse-nuts-flying-the-collings-foundation-p-51d-mustang-post-script/", "published_at": "2018-07-03T21:18:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf18757606c", "title": "“Toulouse Nuts” : Flying the Collings Foundation P-51 Mustang", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2018/06/01/toulouse-nuts-flying-the-collings-foundation-p-51-mustang/", "published_at": "2018-06-01T23:29:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf187afaeca", "title": "Jack Frost: Preserving a Mini-Masterpiece!", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2018/05/15/jack-frost-preserving-a-mini-masterpiece/", "published_at": "2018-05-16T01:16:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf187ef7b12", "title": "Memories of Knott’s Berry Farm", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2018/04/27/memories-of-knotts-berry-farm/", "published_at": "2018-04-28T04:10:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf1882d0883", "title": "My Father’s Enduring Legacy: A Love of Aviation…And a Prized Painting on Glass", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2018/03/23/my-fathers-enduring-legacy-a-love-of-aviation-and-a-prized-painting-on-glass/", "published_at": "2018-03-24T05:14:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf1885d0ea7", "title": "The Rolls-Royce Merlin Aircraft Engine: P-51 Mustang Power Defeated the Luftwaffe", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2018/02/22/the-rolls-royce-merlin-aircraft-engine-p-51-mustang-power-defeated-the-luftwaffe/", "published_at": "2018-02-23T01:24:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf188953ff5", "title": "Martha", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2018/01/14/martha/", "published_at": "2018-01-14T23:27:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf188a01ad3", "title": "Galileo’s “Discorsi” of 1638: The First Physics “Textbook”", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2017/10/27/galileos-discorsi-of-1638-the-first-physics-textbook/", "published_at": "2017-10-28T04:59:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf188f76130", "title": "The Lawrence Welk Show: Forever Young – “Wunnerful, Wunnerful”", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2017/10/22/the-lawrence-welk-show-forever-young-wunnerful-wunnerful/", "published_at": "2017-10-22T18:50:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0be0a-148c-72d8-bb50-aaf18970b406", "title": "“Little Soldiers”: American Schools and Chinese Schools", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/little-soldiers-american-schools-and-chinese-schools/", "published_at": "2017-09-20T03:26:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b143d929", "title": "J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb: Triumph and Tragedy", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2017/08/12/j-robert-oppenheimer-and-the-atomic-bomb-triumph-and-tragedy/", "published_at": "2017-08-12T22:21:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b1a1f8f4", "title": "Facing the Big Cats: Clyde Beatty and His Famous Circus Act", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2017/06/30/facing-the-big-cats-clyde-beatty-and-his-famous-circus-act/", "published_at": "2017-06-30T20:08:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b1c98964", "title": "A Lasting Presence Amid a Sea of Constant Change", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2017/06/06/a-lasting-presence-amid-a-sea-of-constant-change/", "published_at": "2017-06-06T15:42:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b2319776", "title": "Voices from My Past: Heard Through a Blog Post!", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2017/05/16/voices-from-my-past-heard-through-a-blog-post/", "published_at": "2017-05-16T19:00:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b2837cbb", "title": "“Out of Africa” / “The End of the Game”", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2017/04/17/out-of-africa-the-end-of-the-game/", "published_at": "2017-04-17T17:08:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b32b573c", "title": "Ruth", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2017/04/13/ruth/", "published_at": "2017-04-13T17:33:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b38eafe5", "title": "Sir Isaac Newton: “I Can Calculate the Motions of the Planets, but I Cannot Calculate the Madness of Men”", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2017/03/19/sir-isaac-newton-i-can-calculate-the-motions-of-the-planets-but-i-cannot-calculate-the-madness-of-men/", "published_at": "2017-03-19T21:38:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b39af70e", "title": "Is Life Becoming Too Complex? The Devil Is in the Details….! Can We Keep Up?", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2017/02/17/is-life-becoming-too-complex-the-devil-is-in-the-details-can-we-keep-up/", "published_at": "2017-02-17T20:23:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b41a0883", "title": "“I Am Fenwick” – Kudos to Southwest Airlines’ Arte Commercial", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2017/01/26/i-am-fenwick-kudos-to-southwest-airlines-arte-commercial/", "published_at": "2017-01-26T20:41:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b460a2e7", "title": "Sir Humphry Davy: Pioneer Chemist and His Invention of the Coal Miner’s “Safe Lamp” at London’s Royal Institution – 1815", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2016/12/29/sir-humphry-davy-pioneer-chemist-and-his-invention-of-the-coal-miners-safe-lamp-at-londons-royal-institution-1815/", "published_at": "2016-12-29T08:01:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b4ee0f5b", "title": "Post-Election Re-Post: The Best Government Money Can Buy? Follow the Money!", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2016/11/18/post-election-re-post-the-best-government-money-can-buy-follow-the-money/", "published_at": "2016-11-18T17:02:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b5b8cad1", "title": "World Series, Game Seven: Oops…Power Failure!", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/world-series-game-seven-oops-power-failure/", "published_at": "2016-11-03T22:08:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b5fc7f1e", "title": "Fact-Checking, Truth, and Moral Certainty", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2016/10/24/fact-checking-truth-and-moral-certainty/", "published_at": "2016-10-24T15:20:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b6f550d5", "title": "Inclusion, Not Diversity: Martin Luther King’s Most Enduring Quote and Legacy", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2016/09/14/inclusion-not-diversity-martin-luther-kings-most-enduring-quote-and-legacy/", "published_at": "2016-09-15T02:16:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b78688af", "title": "The Coming Decline of College and Professional Football; The Resurgence of Track and Field", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2016/09/05/the-coming-decline-of-college-and-professional-football-the-resurgence-of-track-and-field/", "published_at": "2016-09-05T16:56:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b7a73d07", "title": "Fifty Years of Marriage…and Five Days More!", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2016/08/25/fifty-years-of-marriage-and-five-days-more/", "published_at": "2016-08-25T20:15:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b82e8db3", "title": "The Iconic P-51 Mustang: The Fighter That Destroyed Hitler’s Luftwaffe and Won the War", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2016/07/06/the-iconic-p-51-mustang-the-fighter-that-destroyed-hitlers-luftwaffe-and-won-the-war/", "published_at": "2016-07-06T14:12:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b901bd71", "title": "Charles Darwin’s Journey on the Beagle: History’s Most Significant Adventure", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2016/06/14/charles-darwins-journey-on-the-beagle-historys-most-significant-adventure/", "published_at": "2016-06-14T08:00:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b98ef818", "title": "Reason and Reflection Is Back!", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2016/06/13/reason-and-reflection-is-back/", "published_at": "2016-06-13T08:00:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0dcc6-ee27-725b-af91-98d9b9a3f33d", "title": "Marking the Passage of Time: The Elusive Nature of the Concept", "url": "https://reasonandreflection.wordpress.com/2016/04/07/marking-the-passage-of-time-the-elusive-nature-of-the-concept/", "published_at": "2016-04-07T18:31:41+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

The Deepest Tap-Roots of Silicon Valley, Ca.; Do You Really Know How and Why It All Began?original ↗
23 Aug 2026
I’m back in the Saddle Again – Ready to Post! My Lymphoma Diagnosis in 2023 / Stanford Hospitaloriginal ↗
17 May 2026

2025

Armstrong’s Regeneration Was to Radio What Noyce’s Integrated Circuit Was to Computersoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2025
Altadena, California: My Wife’s Memoir of Happy, Youthful Years…and then, THE FIREoriginal ↗
12 Jan 2025

2024

A Young Boy’s Toys: The Rex Mays Toy Racer and the Story Behind It (Part 2)original ↗
23 Jun 2024
In Memoriam: Bud Anderson, America’s Last WWII Triple Aceoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2024
The 1919 Solar Eclipse That Made Albert Einstein a Mega Pop-Staroriginal ↗
28 Apr 2024

2023

Sunday’s NFL Great Moment: Baker Mayfield and Brock Purdyoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2023
Oppenheimer: The Movie and the Manoriginal ↗
11 Aug 2023
A Decorated World War II P-51 Fighter Ace: Vanishing Traces in a Decaying Detroit Suburboriginal ↗
9 Jul 2023
Ginny and “The Seeing Garden”original ↗
4 Jun 2023
The Way We Wereoriginal ↗
21 May 2023
Afterburners On! The USAF Thunderbirds Are Coming to the Salinas, Ca. Airshoworiginal ↗
4 May 2023
Lincoln Like Churchill: Eloquent, but So Alone; Lincoln’s Famous “Hooker Letter”original ↗
20 Mar 2023
Battle Aces from the 1930’s; My Father’s Aviation Legacyoriginal ↗
24 Feb 2023
Running to Daylight: Christian McCaffrey and Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ersoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2023

2022

The Best Things Often Come in Small Packages!original ↗
5 Sept 2022
A Victorian Beauty Discovered: Transcending Time and Placeoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2022
“Summertime” and Magical Venice Revisitedoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2022
Off a Gravel Road Is a Tiny Cemetery in the Woods of Up-State New Yorkoriginal ↗
19 Jul 2022
Diplomas: Why I Collect Them!original ↗
6 Jul 2022
Harvard University’s First Degreed Black Man: The Improbable Discovery of His Historic 1870 Diploma in a Chicago Atticoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2022
Finding a Thrift Shop Jeweloriginal ↗
8 May 2022
Basketball / Sports “Magic” on a Legendary Scale: The Golden State Warriors and Steph Curryoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2022
Monday at Filoli with My Sisteroriginal ↗
3 Mar 2022
Information Theory: How the Genius of Claude Shannon Changed Our Lives By Thinking “Outside the Box”original ↗
8 Feb 2022

2021

“Know Thyself” and “Know What is Right; Do What is Right”original ↗
31 Dec 2021
The Laws of Nature: Indelible Fingerprints of the Creator/ Van Gogh and Albert Einsteinoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2021
USPS Media Mail: A Book on Harvard’s History Survives the “Black Hole”original ↗
21 Nov 2021
Rafael Mendez: The Greatest Artist/Performer I Ever Saworiginal ↗
14 Oct 2021
The Flying Tigers: A Storied Chapter in Wartime Aviationoriginal ↗
25 Aug 2021
Our Family’s Identical Twin Sister: Finally Meeting Her Face-to-Faceoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2021
A $12 Work of Art from an Outdoor Antique/Collectibles Fair!original ↗
17 Jun 2021
Silicon Valley Origins and Stanford Universityoriginal ↗
4 May 2021
DNA: The Blueprint of Life; Watson, Crick, the Double Helix and Other Genetic Observationsoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2021

2020

Chuck Yeager: Rest in Peace – Who’s the Best Pilot You Ever Saw?original ↗
14 Dec 2020
The 1918 “Inverted Jenny,” THE Airmail Postage Stamporiginal ↗
5 Nov 2020
Dad’s Toolbox: Long-Silent Reminder of a Master Craftsmanoriginal ↗
12 Oct 2020
Charles Lindbergh: New York to Paris, 1927 – and the World Was Never the Sameoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2020
The China Clipper: Pan American Airways Opens Trans-Pacific Traveloriginal ↗
13 Aug 2020
Finally Organizing the Garage…and Having Some Fun, Too!original ↗
22 Jul 2020
The Painted Lady (on Glass)original ↗
28 Jun 2020
Lincoln, the Civil War, and Reconstruction Revisitedoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2020
Isaac Newton and the Plague of 1665/66: Perhaps the Greatest Year in Science!original ↗
21 May 2020
The Hellcat Flyboys of World War IIoriginal ↗
4 May 2020
The Corona Virus Pandemic of 2019/2020original ↗
21 Apr 2020
Alice: In Memoriamoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2020
A Kix Cereal Box-top and Fifteen Cents for a Genuine Atomic Bomb Ring!original ↗
4 Mar 2020
Talbot’s Toyland Closing: One Last Look After Sixty-Six Yearsoriginal ↗
3 Feb 2020
Talbot’s Toyland Closing After 66 Years in San Mateo: Another Victim of Internet Shoppingoriginal ↗
18 Jan 2020

2019

Lionel Electric Trains: A Christmas Traditionoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2019
War with Japan, Peace, and Reconciliation: The Obon Societyoriginal ↗
30 Oct 2019
“Ain’t None of Them Play Like Him Yet” The Great Harry James on Trumpetoriginal ↗
13 Sept 2019
An Evening with Trumpeter Chris Bottioriginal ↗
24 Aug 2019
Get America Moving Again: Reform Campaign Finance!original ↗
1 Aug 2019
Apollo 11: One Giant Leap for Mankind!original ↗
18 Jul 2019
Bye-Bye Birdie: My Recent Intervention with “Chickadees”original ↗
18 Jun 2019
A Young Boy’s Toys: The Rex Mays Toy Racer and the Story Behind Itoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2019
Doris Day Is Gone; She Was One of a Kind: Never Before and Never Againoriginal ↗
13 May 2019
The Collings Foundation’s 2019 “Wings of Freedom Tour”original ↗
28 Apr 2019
Notre-Dame de Paris: What to Do with This?original ↗
16 Apr 2019
The Navy’s Blue Angels Begin Another Seasonoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2019
“While England Slept”: Winston Churchill and Serendipity at the Book Fairoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2019
World War II Aviation at the Lyon Air Museumoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2019
My Childhood Wood Pond Boat: Retired in Dry-dock After 72 Years!original ↗
6 Jan 2019

2018

Thomas Edison’s Biggest Mistake and Nikola Tesla’s Greatest Triumph: AC vs. DC Power for America’s Power Gridoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2018
Greenfield Village, Michigan: Henry Ford’s Historic Legacyoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2018
A Memorable Vignette from Our Local Farmer’s Marketoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2018
Hermann Minkowski, Albert Einstein and Four-dimensional Space-timeoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2018
THINK. Thinking is Hard Workoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2018
Toulouse Nuts: Flying the Collings Foundation P-51D Mustang (Post-Script)original ↗
3 Jul 2018
“Toulouse Nuts” : Flying the Collings Foundation P-51 Mustangoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2018
Jack Frost: Preserving a Mini-Masterpiece!original ↗
16 May 2018
Memories of Knott’s Berry Farmoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2018
My Father’s Enduring Legacy: A Love of Aviation…And a Prized Painting on Glassoriginal ↗
24 Mar 2018
The Rolls-Royce Merlin Aircraft Engine: P-51 Mustang Power Defeated the Luftwaffeoriginal ↗
23 Feb 2018
Marthaoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2018

2017

Galileo’s “Discorsi” of 1638: The First Physics “Textbook”original ↗
28 Oct 2017
The Lawrence Welk Show: Forever Young – “Wunnerful, Wunnerful”original ↗
22 Oct 2017
“Little Soldiers”: American Schools and Chinese Schoolsoriginal ↗
20 Sept 2017
J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb: Triumph and Tragedyoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2017
Facing the Big Cats: Clyde Beatty and His Famous Circus Actoriginal ↗
30 Jun 2017
A Lasting Presence Amid a Sea of Constant Changeoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2017
Voices from My Past: Heard Through a Blog Post!original ↗
16 May 2017
“Out of Africa” / “The End of the Game”original ↗
17 Apr 2017
Ruthoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2017
Sir Isaac Newton: “I Can Calculate the Motions of the Planets, but I Cannot Calculate the Madness of Men”original ↗
19 Mar 2017
Is Life Becoming Too Complex? The Devil Is in the Details….! Can We Keep Up?original ↗
17 Feb 2017
“I Am Fenwick” – Kudos to Southwest Airlines’ Arte Commercialoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2017

2016

Sir Humphry Davy: Pioneer Chemist and His Invention of the Coal Miner’s “Safe Lamp” at London’s Royal Institution – 1815original ↗
29 Dec 2016
Post-Election Re-Post: The Best Government Money Can Buy? Follow the Money!original ↗
18 Nov 2016
World Series, Game Seven: Oops…Power Failure!original ↗
3 Nov 2016
Fact-Checking, Truth, and Moral Certaintyoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2016
Inclusion, Not Diversity: Martin Luther King’s Most Enduring Quote and Legacyoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2016
The Coming Decline of College and Professional Football; The Resurgence of Track and Fieldoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2016
Fifty Years of Marriage…and Five Days More!original ↗
25 Aug 2016
The Iconic P-51 Mustang: The Fighter That Destroyed Hitler’s Luftwaffe and Won the Waroriginal ↗
6 Jul 2016
Charles Darwin’s Journey on the Beagle: History’s Most Significant Adventureoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2016
Reason and Reflection Is Back!original ↗
13 Jun 2016
Marking the Passage of Time: The Elusive Nature of the Conceptoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2016
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