Category Archives: Site Updates and News

It’s that time again! This is the fourth year that I’ve gone through all of the questions that came in to the Q&A blog the previous year and pulled together some general info on popular topics. The number of questions … Continue reading →

Three months have gone by, so it’s time to rotate the blog header! As I’m sure at least some of you will recognize, this new one is from the Field of the Cloth of Gold (painted c. 1545, although the … Continue reading →

Sorry there haven’t been a lot of posts here over the holidays! I had intended to do at least one news round-up over the break but the hard drive on my main computer at home finally cratered (thankfully it was … Continue reading →

Just wanted to post a short note apologizing if anyone has had trouble accessing the blog today. I was messing around with some stuff “under the hood” and it made the WordPress database hiccup a little. Everything seems to be … Continue reading →

When I debuted the new blog header a few months ago I mentioned that I had put four together initially and would change them periodically. So I thought while I was off for a four-day-weekend I would switch it out … Continue reading →

I’ve gotten some great questions through email and blog comments but if you still have something you want to ask Sandra there is still time! I meant to close off questions last weekend but since I didn’t post a reminder … Continue reading →

I still have a lot of catching up to do – life has been a big blur since the start of March, but I’m taking off this week since it’s spring break and will try to catch up. But before … Continue reading →

Yes, once again I’ve gone through all of last year’s emails for the Q&A Blog (including both the posted questions and ones I answered directly) and have looked for trends and themes. The overall number of questions was down from … Continue reading →

It looks like everything made it over okay, although I still need to make some tweaks. The header temporary until I can work up something a bit fancier.

Just wanted to give everyone a warning that I’m going to be doing some work on this blog today to try to fix some problems “under the hood”. If all goes well, it will be back up in under an … Continue reading →

Long-time visitors to the site might remember the Christmas cards that I used to post a link to on the homepage but now blog seems the more appropriate place. I recycled one from about 10 years ago (be thankful that … Continue reading →

While I was checking my calendar to make sure I wasn’t forgetting anything that needed to get done this weekend (besides losing an hour of sleep – blargh…) I noticed it was the 5th birthday of this blog! A blog-like … Continue reading →

I had fun doing the 2008 tally of the most common themes in the questions submitted to the Q&A blog, so I thought I would do it again with the 2009 submissions. The total number of submission emails that I … Continue reading →

That’s what I get for putting off some of those maintenance tasks so long! I keep thinking I have another batch of links to add somewhere, so there might be a few more up soon. And, if anyone I had … Continue reading →

I’m not making any resolutions this year, but I will make a promise to blog more! I’ve also been doing some “behind the scenes” stuff on the rest of the site over my break from work, as well as finally … Continue reading →

Sorry I’ve been quiet for the past week, it’s been crazy at work (including two extra nights of working until 10 p.m. – thankfully my regular telescope night was rained out because three nights of working until 10 p.m. probably … Continue reading →