Category: Features

Word of the Month: Ontology

David Zapatka Last month’s column on “negentropy” elicited this response from a reader, “My thermodynamics class was at 8 a.m. and I slept through that particular law. Thanks for the review albeit a little late to do anything with it.” There’s an art to scheduling university classes and avoiding 8 a.m. classes was one of…

Three Men at the Woodshop

Joni Matthiessen This particular morning three men wrestled with a big slab of half a tree trunk with a big protruding knot on the outer bark. This scared lady hovered in the background just in case they needed me, snapping pictures right and left of the wrestling match happening right there in the shop. Anyway,…

Ladies With Hattitude Luncheon

Jean Euker After more than a year-long pause due to the coronavirus, Jean Euker and April Bayne organized a starting back up luncheon at the grill for the Ladies With Hattitude. Everyone was delighted with much talking and laughter, as we finally reunited after such a long time. Plans were made for the coming months as…