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Articles by Carolyn Donovan and Wan Chi Lau

Meade ETX-90 : Camera Adapter

February 2, 2025 // 0 Comments

At the end of last year we found an ETX-90 telescope that was BADLY in need of some TLC. We acquired it, cleaned it, and salvaged what we could of it. We considered tackling [...]

DIY: $200 Katana…sourcing the parts

January 26, 2025 // 0 Comments

The MFA in Boston has probably the largest collection of Japanese katanas in the world, including Japan. The work that goes into each sword component is, in and of itself, a [...]

Urban Safari: Bald Eagles on the Charles

January 19, 2025 // 0 Comments

The local Nature/Wildlife/Photography groups were abuzz with rumor/possibility that a pack of coyotes had brought down a deer on the Charles River (it has been cold enough [...]

Itomaki No Tachi

January 12, 2025 // 0 Comments

We made a fun, accidental find to start off the new year. Enjoy! Tachi Some 30 years ago, we acquired a replica tachi at an estate sale. The replica is of a of sword in the [...]

2024: A Year of Birding

December 22, 2024 // 0 Comments

At the start of 2024, we stated that our focus would be birding. Twelve months later, we take a look back at some of the highlights of the birds we saw, the outings we took, [...]

Oriental Old Fashioned

December 1, 2024 // 0 Comments

We recently “met” Suntory TOKI whisky at the really terrific, third-generation, local business, Gary’s Liquors. An unexpected and HUUUGE bonus at [...]

Boxster Project: Hardtop Installation

November 24, 2024 // 0 Comments

It will be 25 years this Spring for our 2000 Porsche Boxster! We recently realized that we have never done a post on the installation of the Boxster hardtop. Even though we [...]
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