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Notes from Solar Power International
WHAT IS SPI? SPI is a Conference drawing together an international community of Contractors, Solar Cell, Transformer, Inverter, and External Solar Storage (ESS) manufactures, as well as Legal, Finance, Insurance and Regulatory experts. Education sessions, technical... read more
Scariest Christmas Story
Christmas Lights In Chagrin Falls, Ohio the snow was usually a foot or two deep by December 24th, the Chagrin River frozen over and groomed for ice-skating. Christmas eve our family used to attend a midnight candle light church service. The carved wood interior glowed... read more
FALLOUT, The Jennifer Harrington Jones Prequel – Chapter 19
Crossing over the Tenth St. Bridge in Olympia, Washington, Jennifer searched for Capitol Way. Midmorning sun was shining in the rain capitol. Finding it, she traveled north to Cascade Street, then Boulevard. Helen Westerbrook, her friend from Crabshell Alliance, the... read more
FALLOUT, The Jennifer Harrington Jones Prequel – Chapter 18
Jennifer last saw Peter in November, a month before she graduated. It was in Hornell, at the grocery store. He was in front of her in the aisle. Her feet frozen in place, her chest barely breathing, willing him to finish his shopping so she wouldn’t have to open up... read more
FALLOUT, The Jennifer Harrington Jones Prequel – Chapter 17
“We’re out of cobalt carbonate over here,” a nasal voiced, summer lab student whined. Jennifer rose from her desk, where she’d been checking in new shipments of oxides and minerals in Dr. Wally’s materials lab computer. Unlocking the supplies door, she fetched what... read more
FALLOUT – The Jennifer Harrington Jones Prequel, Chapter 16
They bicycled, vectoring through the soft air of an early summer afternoon. Alternately drafting one another, folding into a practiced rhythm. Deep, green, humidity smacked them in the face as they hit the depths of a road near the Canacadea State Forest. A... read more
FALLOUT, The Jennifer Harrington Jones Prequel – Chapter 15
The sun was shining into Sabine’s bedroom window, it’s gathering warmth woke Jennifer. A film of sweat had collected on her upper lip and unconsciously she wiped it off with her fingers. She turned over and saw Sabine sleeping next to her. Everything in the past ten... read more
1964 Waldorf Astoria Potato Chips
The first night, at the end of our day in New York City, we stayed at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. My mother and her friend Peg took my younger sister, Nancy, and I to the 1964 Worlds Fair to show us the future. A lavish flower arrangement greeted us on the marble... read more
FALLOUT, The Jennifer Harrington Jones Prequel – Chapter 14
Four finished sinks in lightly draped plastic sat on a wire rack so all would dry to equal hardness. Jennifer cleaned up her studio cubicle and pondered how she would decorate the insides…incised or relief, as she wiped her counter and washed her tools. The morning... read more
FALLOUT, The Jennifer Harrington Jones Prequel – Chapter 13
June brought the beginning of finals and critiques for the students of Alfred University and the associated New York State College of Ceramics. Studios were flying with clay scraps, glaze conundrums, and creative quandaries. Study groups coagulated. In the kiln room... read more
