A Year of Travel Keepsakes

I posted more than a year about earrings as travel keepsakes. I’ve continued that preference over the past year. Here are the keepsakes acquired since June 2012:

From Tennessee in June 2012 (Memphis, Chattanooga, Knoxville)

From New York in October 2012 (Watkins Glen and Corning)

From Arizona in March 2013 (Kartchner Caverns)

From South Carolina in April 2013 (Charleston)

From Virginia in May 2013 (Chincoteague

And Richmond and Norfolk)

From Arizona in June 2013 (Tucson)

And finally - from New Mexico in June 2013 (White Sands and I-10)

These small items are easy to fit into luggage…and great memory joggers for years to come. Here’s to remembering happy times!

Gleanings of the Week Ending June 15, 2013

The items below were ‘the cream’ of the articles and websites I found this past week. Click on the light green text to look at the article.

Exploding Glass (Prince Rupert’s Drop) - Video

Feds issue guidelines for self-driving cars like Google's - Speeding up the advent of self-driving cars?

The City and the Sea - A survey of the landscape and politics of New York, post-Sandy - Analysis of what was discovered about New York due to Hurricane Sandy

Essential Friends + Gateways: Take A Long, Slow, Ride Along The Natchez Trace - This is something I’ve been thinking about doing for the past few years. This post has some good references when I get serious about actually taking the drive!

Here's what Pangea looks like mapped with modern political borders - A visualization to understand the first continent…and where the pieces are today.

WWII Drug: The German Granddaddy of Crystal Meth - It was used to keep pilots and soldiers alert

Butterflies tell UT climatologist about climate - An interview with Camille Parmesan

Nutritional Weaklings in the Supermarket - More color often means higher nutritional content

The Physics of Ferocious Funnels - Several visualizations to explain how tornados form and the historical tracks of tornados in the US.

Best Diets Overall - From US News and World Report

World Life Expectancy - Data presented mostly on maps. There is a portion of the site for USA Health Rankings.

Fish Oil - Info page from NIH

Blue Zones - Lessons learned from people who’ve lived the longest