High winds (20 – 30 mph, gusting to 50+ mph) caused the aristocratic pear tree in our backyard to topple at about 7:30 P.M. tonight. Dina and I heard the walls of the house shudder in response to the deep crack of the trunk yielding. A Swiss Army knife is shown for scale [...]

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blueslugs.com is now being managed using the Movable Type (http://www.movabletype.org) personal publishing system.

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We enjoyed a spectacular view of Mt. Shasta during a recent flight to Portland, OR. (Dina was attending a volcanology workshop; Ben and Stephen planned long walks around the grid layout of Vancouver, WA–which should use the motto of “the city that grows before your eyes” given the amount of construction we saw.) [...]

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With Dina travelling, Ben nearly had to fend for himself under his father’s care. Here’s Ben preparing for an expedition to increase his available store of supplies at a nearby grocery store:

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