The Qu’Appelle Valley looking east from Highway 6. More photos here.

Six members of the Raymore Novice Nibs writing group attended a workshop on newspaper writing Friday morning conducted by Regina Leader Post science columnist Edward Willett. The reason that was the first sentence I wrote today was that I was in Raymore giving a workshop on…oh, I guess you probably guessed that.

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“Investors?” Brenna said. “What profit could they possibly expect?”

…and went very well. As the director, I was very, very pleased. I think the audience enjoyed it, too–it’s hard to tell with a drama, since there’s not all that laughter and stuff you get with a comedy. “Well, at least it was different,” was the first comment I heard when it was over. “Very …

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…just like this.

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Brenna took all this in silently.

A company called Magcap Engineering has developed a way to draw electrical power from trees. Some quotes: Basically, the existing system includes a metal rod embedded in the tree, a grounding rod driven into the ground, and the connecting circuitry, which filters and boosts the power output sufficient to charge a battery. In its current …

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Our current primary means of communicating with computers, typing, is inelegant, to say the least. Some people never learn how to do it. Even those who are good at it must use a keyboard actually designed to slow typists down. Wouldn’t it be great if we could just think at a computer? Or better yet, …

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When the need to eat had become a little less urgent, Anton began to ask questions.