Tag Archives: creative use of materials
The Robots at 2016 Camp Quest AZ
Camp Quest AZ is over for 2016. It was great! There was a wide variety of activities for the campers and the Counselors were always on the run making things happen. As before, the staff had the help of the … Continue reading
Camp Quest AZ 2016
This will be my third time attending as a programs counselor and this year’s Camp Quest Arizona is going to be great! My first year was in 2014 and I wrote about it, after the fact. Registering at the last … Continue reading
Fun Stuff from this year’s Halloween
I made it! Sorta. This year I decided to take my Halloween adventures into the world of Arduino. I saw the “Talking Arduino Halloween Skeleton” on the Instructables.com website. Halloween is the best time of year for a retired engineer … Continue reading
A Retired Engineer’s Work is Never Done
I should have titled this blog, “Pulled up 4 stakes today” or “Another day in the life of a retired engineer.” On September 13, a couple of days ago, I wrote about pulling up a rebar stake out of my … Continue reading
Pulled up a stake today!
A few days ago I mentioned that I was preparing for my favorite holiday—Halloween. Work has to start early because there are a lot of things to do but more than that things have to be done in a certain … Continue reading
Halloween is coming.
There is a website (actually several) that will give you the number of days, minutes, and seconds until Halloween. At nearly 60 days out, I’m not panicked…yet. However, I know from years past that time during this time of year … Continue reading
A Good Thing to do After Election Day
I’ve been busy with Halloween for the last several weeks and I need to get back to the series on building a secular community but not today. Today, I want to offer an idea that is particularly suited to this … Continue reading
