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The fruit are good to eat if you have the patience to get all the tiny spines off.https://swalchemist.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/27220695625_7ca6cbd782_k.jpg27220695625_7ca6cbd782_kThere's beauty all around in the harsh landscape. Mom, you don't have to climb up high to find it. :)https://swalchemist.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/26614756434_c57577073d_k.jpg26614756434_c57577073d_kA lightning strike near the farmhouse in the dead of night lights up white clouds and a blue sky.https://swalchemist.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/27218963245_37aa9a1f7c_k.jpg27218963245_37aa9a1f7c_kMom is exhausted but happy. Facing north from the top, the Caprock is visible in the distance.https://swalchemist.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/26623682473_a8f7beb1ec_k.jpg26623682473_a8f7beb1ec_kWe paused for a picture on the way to the ridge's north slope.2025-06-03T17:39:29+00:00monthlyhttps://swalchemist.blog/2021/09/09/computer-jobs-in-the-1950s/https://swalchemist.blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/960px-analog_computing_machine_gpn-2000-000354.jpg960px-Analog_Computing_Machine_GPN-2000-000354Jerry said the analog computers looked similar to this one that was in the Engine Research Building at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory. 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