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The odd challenge in Sandy UT not likely to be fatal Announcement at 7am in Sandy UT: "and this is the warmest it's going to get all day..." Checked out the window to be greeted with snow flakes. Daylight Saving just ended with 2am becoming 1am, as if by msgic. Most of the clocks changed. Nobody ...
11/03/2013
Daylight saving to end in Sandy UT, and other places too Spring forward.. Fall back was supposed to take us into a better system of time keeping. Or is it change for change sake. Have we achieved anything? It's called daylight saving. It could have been called time theft. An hour of our time stol...
11/02/2013
Trunk or Treat in Sandy UT, another source of candy After all these years I still find the ferocity of the celebration of Halloween more than a bit strange, macarbe even. All the weird bits coming so close together. Halloween, The Day of the Dead, All Saints, All Souls. Mixtures of religion and s...
11/01/2013
A perfect Fall day for a ramble in Historic Sandy UT Some days are pure perfection. I am biased towards Historic Sandy UT. This is where I live. Some days make you glad you are alive; and we have plenty of them. We excel at perfection. A warm day. Fall colors. Leaves shimmering in their individua...
10/28/2013
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Even a penny whistle is subject to inflation Little treasures unearth themselves in Salt Lake City UT. At times I set my chair to "browse", and in so doing I stumble across wonders designed to provoke my imagination. One such trove is "Edinburgh Castle" in downtown Salt Lake City UT. It is a shop...
10/24/2013
Tripping over history in a downtown Salt Lake City UT museum Across the street from Temple Square, Salt Lake City UT is the Museum of Church History and Art. It's half a block north of the Temple Square TRAX (light rail) Station. You can take the Green Line from the Salt Lake International Airpor...
10/21/2013
Salt Lake Valley UT wraps itself in Fall colors Fall colors are appearing all over Utah. It's not that it is cold - much. Rather nice in fact. In recent years Fall may not have been all that evident - a slide of summer straight into winter, with nary a pause in between. It is nice to know our cur...
10/21/2013
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In search of the best smoothie. I admit to being partial to smoothies. It's possible to indulge in those offered by drink establishments such as Orange Julius or Barnes & Noble. All quite substantial, but a little predictable. Local acceptable tastes for the general population. For a greater adve...
10/13/2013
Explore Salt Lake City UT - Conference Center roof When in Salt Lake City UT you will probably get to marvel at the Conference Center with its 21,000 capacity without a pillar to block anyone's view. But take time to explore the building's roof. Fountains and streams, pyramid skylights, towers, b...
10/12/2013
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The world comes to Salt Lake City Utah Twice a year (first weekend April and October) about 100,000 people come to Salt Lake City UT for the General Conferences of the LDS Church. This weekend greeted them with cool mornings, warm Autumn sunshine with the grandeur of snow on the mountains. Yester...
10/06/2013