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What’s new in the forest?
November 4, 2019
What is tattoo Tuesday about?
October 29, 2019Although it was first patented in 1888, and again in 1938 and 1943, the first ballpoint pens were sold in the U.S. on this date in 1945.
There was some jostling to get the first ballpoint pen to market, and the winner was the Reynolds International Pen Company. When the pen was introduced in Gimbel Bros. in New York, TIME magazine wrote,
In Manhattan’s Gimbel Bros., Inc., thousands of people all but trampled one another last week to spend $12.50 each for a new fountain pen. The pen was made by Chicago’s Reynolds International Pen Co. In full-page ads, Gimbel’s modestly hailed it as the “fantastic, atomic era, miraculous pen.” It had a tiny ball bearing instead of a point, was guaranteed to need refilling only once every two years, would write under water (handy for mermaids), on paper, cloth, plastic or blotters.
I looked for a ballpoint pen tattoo, but only found these cousins . . .
What did I see this weekend?
October 28, 2019
We went to the apple orchard, but there was so much more . . .
So many Apple Fritters
Pies, dumplings . . .
and donuts, and, and, and . . .
What are they eating?
October 24, 2019
I was waiting for a ride the other day when I saw a flock of house sparrows (or in this case hospital sparrows – (they were on the lawn of Rainbow B & C Hospital) – eating what I thought was a mushroom cap. It turns out it was half a bagel. Who know they liked deli?
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Where am I sleeping?
October 23, 2019
For a limited time, you can reserve a night on the Goodyear blimp, Wingfoot One through Airbnb.
Accommodations include a comfy living room and sleeping space. The listing notes that it also includes hangers, wifi and free parking.
What the reservation does not include, however is a ride on blimp . . . or a bathroom, apparently.
But, if you act fast, it does include a ticket to the Michigan State – Notre Dame football game.
Gunsmoke and Knitting 