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LightGrams September 3, 2020 Volume 24, Number 31 “Ghost ship” conjures up images of “The Flying Dutchman”, a mythical ship that was doomed to sail the seas forever. The ghosts who man that ship can never find rest, but are forever battling the elements. If you’ve seen any of the “Pirates Of The Caribbean” movie…
LightGrams August 27, 2020 Volume 24, Number 30 Kirk Mathes had to call deputies to his farm in Barre, New York. A crowd had gathered in a field where a safe had been found. The safe was locked, and a note attached to it said, “If you can open this, you can have what’s inside.”…
LightGrams August 13, 2020 Volume 24, Number 28 Visitors to the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores quickly come to a beautiful display: a 30-foot high Smoky Mountain Waterfall. One can stand by the handrail and look down into the chasm below, imagining they are deep in the forests of Appalachia. Officials at the…
LightGrams August 6, 2020 Volume 24, Number 27 Doris Crippen couldn’t have felt good about testing positive for the COVID-19 virus. At age 73 she was in a high-risk category. While dealing with some of the virus’s difficult symptoms she fell and broke her arm. After spending more than a month in the hospital, she…
LightGrams July 30, 2020 Volume 24, Number 26 There was a heist at an art gallery in Tokyo, Japan earlier this month. Everything on display was taken; not an item was left. All this happened as police stood outside to monitor the large crowd that had gathered. What we’re describing was the “Stealable Art Exhibition”.…
LightGrams July 23, 2020 Volume 24, Number 25 The video from 1969 is grainy but powerful. President Richard Nixon’s address to the nation to announce the catastrophic end of man’s first mission to the moon was brief but emotional. Though his voice was shaking, he kept his composure. Wait a minute – what?! That mission…
LightGrams July 16, 2020 Volume 24, Number 24 No one has ever accused me of being a roller coaster aficionado. On my two or three trips to Disney World I have been persuaded by my children to ride Space Mountain. I can do that roller coaster because it’s all in the dark (with stars and…
LightGrams July 9, 2020 Volume 24, Number 23 The extraordinary times in which we’re living have called for extraordinary measures. Due to the highly contagious nature of the COVID-19 virus we’ve been told to wash our hands often, keep our distance from one another, wear a face covering when out among people, and stay at…
LightGrams July 2, 2020 Volume 24, Number 22 I rarely step outside of my house without my smart phone in my pocket. I believe there are many others who do the same. Why do we do it? Simply because this tool is so versatile. As we’ve often heard it described, “There’s an app for that.”…
LightGrams June 18, 2020 Volume 24, Number 21 I was less than a week away from being born when Roger Bannister set a mark that the world doubted could ever be set. On May 6, 1954 Bannister ran a mile with the first officially-recorded time of under four minutes. It happened in Oxford, England, and…