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An Engineer in the Woods, Installment 38: Growth of An Engineer; Part 2 – The House, and the Family Effect

Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Since this issue ends with a couple Christmas stories, I decided to publish it a week early.  May you have a beautiful Christmas!   I have had people read my home improvement and pet stories and say, “That’s not engineering.”  I disa...

An Engineer in the Woods, Installment 37: Growth of An Engineer; Part 1 – Howie, I Think Just a Little Different

Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Of the 1,000 or so regular readers of this blog, only a few of you told me what you wanted me to write about once I ran out of pet stories, but of those few thoughts that I received there were two ideas that made me think.  One of the college friends of my kids wanted me to write about my car...

An Engineer in the Woods, Installment 36: Fern and West and Dusty and Ivy

Monday, November 2, 2020
  Ivy and Fern Both of our cats (Dusty and Ivy) LOVE  our Belgian Tervuren Fern.  She is fluffy and warm and gentle. They weren’t so sure about the new H57 (Heinz 57) West at first, but West knew immediately that he had entered THEIR home....

An Engineer in the Woods, Installment 35: Pets#1;Dog 9, West; Part 3, A New Dog

Thursday, October 1, 2020
                                                                                  &n...

An Engineer in the Woods, Installment 34: Pets #14; Dog 9, West; Part 2, Complications with Wade

Friday, September 11, 2020
                       A Labor Day 2020 Canoe Ride on the DuPage River (from bow to stern) Aileen (our oldest), Tripp her Wirehaired Pointing Griffin/Labrador (wedged under her seat and not visible), West, Fern and a sunburned...