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The Weight Of The Sun

Posted on May 9, 2024 by Caryn

I’m told that the Sun weighs 2,000 million million million million tons. That if course, sounds very heavy, and I suppose it could be fairly accurate. Nevertheless, for me these questions arise. How do they know the weight of the Sun? Continue reading →

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The Tunguska Event

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Caryn

Most of us don’t really think much about the possibility of a meteor hitting the Earth, and the reality is that it’s pretty rare…at least one of much size. Most of them burn up as they enter our atmosphere, and most often the ones that do hit are so small that they do little damage. Continue reading →

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Docking With Mir

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Caryn

Our space program has gone through many changes over the years. There have been accidents, losses, victories, and amazing strides in both exploration and the vehicles we use to take these trips. One of the biggest goals was to have a space station so that men Continue reading →

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Always Good

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Caryn

My youngest sister, Allyn Hadlock has always been a gentle soul. From the time she was just a little girl, she had a heart that always remained soft. The rest of my sisters and I always said that Allyn was always good. She didn’t get into mischief, like the rest of us might have. Continue reading →

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That Makes All The Difference

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Caryn

Mother’s Day has changed for me over the years, as it does for everyone as the years of their lives go by. I was very blessed to have two wonderful women on this earth to call “Mom,” one from my birth, and the other from my marriage. Continue reading →

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Her Time On Earth

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Caryn

My great grand-niece, Laila Spethman was a sweet little girl, who was a light in her parents lives. She was loved by her whole family. Her time on Earth was short…very short…just 18 days Continue reading →

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That’s Ludicrous

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Caryn

With the arrival of the 50th anniversary of the landing on the moon, on July 20, 2019, many people have been reviewing old footage and books about the event. I came across a book that caught my eye on Audible. Continue reading →

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Great Dads

Posted on June 16, 2019 by Caryn

Since both of my dads, Al Spencer (my dad) and Walt Schulenberg (my father-in-law) are in Heaven now, I don’t have a dad on Earth to celebrate with, but my husband, Bob Continue reading →

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Traffic Jam

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Caryn

Living in Wyoming, the one thing we can be sure of is that traffic jams are extremely uncommon here. About the only way we are going to have a traffic jam Continue reading →

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Hit By A Meteorite

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Caryn

When most people think of a meteor or meteorite hitting the earth, they think of the complete destruction of our planet, because that is the image portrayed by the movies, but the reality is that the earth gets hit quite … Continue reading →

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