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Do-It-Yourself 10/1/22
Installing engineered flooding seems to be a very popular do-it-yourself home improvement project. Our daughter took on a floor...
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Wednesday Reprint 9/28/22
Continuing with Wednesday reprints of favorite photos from prior blog entries: This duckling appeared to enjoy making ripples on the Duck...
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A Challenge Being Met 9/24/22
Over the past six months, a group of churches in the State College area has worked together to support the resettlement of six families...
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Wednesday Reprint 9/21/22
By mid-summer the back-water and other shallower areas in Black Moshannon Lake, which is located in the central PA state park by the same...
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Useful Life Extended 9/17/22
This stool has been used by three teachers over the past three decades. Thirty years ago, after teaching in classrooms with concrete...
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Wednesday Reprint 9/14/22
This photo shows the Colorado River deep in the west side of Grand Canyon National Park, as it flows toward Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam...
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What Is It? 9/10/22
A engraved plate on the base indicates it is a gift from the class of 1966, but what is this object on the terrace in front of Old Main...
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Wednesday Reprint 9/7/22
Continuing with Wednesday reprints of favorite photos from prior blog entries: The Colorado River is THE major source of water for...
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Men on Break 9/3/22
You may remember the Australian rock band Men at Work. These are real Men on Break from dorm remodeling work - an appropriate photo given...