Is this You?

By Trina Machacek Have you heard the call for, “no more daylight savings time,” from the masses which includes me and probably all the way back to my great, great grandparents? Spring after spring. Fall after fall. To no avail since again soon the time will change, falling back. Soon we can rest assured we will have the delightful chore of making 2 o’clock a.m. … [Read more...] about Is This You? Making changes to changing time takes a lot of work

By Trina Machacek As fall falls around me I am already thinking of the snow of winter and what it will bring. Then I smacked myself around and decided not to get so far ahead of things. Well except for the little window I keep open in my phone that today tells me it is a mere 191 days until next Easter. But I only look at it once a day. Okay maybe twice. No, I am not … [Read more...] about Is This You? You need to get creative to create a snowman in the desert

By Trina Machacek Some years ago there was a narrow gauge railroad that traveled through central Nevada bringing in and taking away all sorts of freight to and from Eureka. The railroad was The Eureka Palisade Railroad. It ran from a spur off a bigger railroad north of Eureka. The narrow gauge of just 3 feet is something of a unique thing in the world of railroads. … [Read more...] about Is This You? The other side of the tracks was the creation of a feed lot

By Trina Machacek When we were kids chances are that we took no mind to the fact that every day when the sun comes up and then when it goes down it is an amazing show to see. That’s alright because, thankfully, it happens today just as it did when we were kids and when our ancestors were kids. The show the sun puts on for all those who take time to watch is nothing more … [Read more...] about Is This You? From sunup to sundown, you never know what can happen

By Trina Machacek If you were to fly to the moon on gossamer wings you certainly would not want to land on the dark side. Well unless you were hiding from the gossamer you stole the wings from. Let’s just say we would want to land on the sunny side of the moon. That’s like a vacation. Be it just a week-end or a week or be still my heart a whole month or winter, we all … [Read more...] about Is This You? Vacation’s Dark Side