Daily Archives: August 7, 2007

The short now…

By Frank Paynter | Published: August 7, 2007

Dad sent me this link to the World Clock.  It reminded me of the Long Now clock, only it’s more immediate, more granular, more meaningful than the conceit of the “long now.”

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Lanterns for Peace

By Frank Paynter | Published: August 7, 2007

About sixty people turned out last night at the Tenney park lagoon to remember the Japanese victims of atomic war by making paper lanterns and floating them out on the water at dusk. The Raging Grannies performed. Clare Norelle sang and read a children’s story. Some feared the rain but it never appeared. It was [...]

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