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Articles by Carolyn Donovan and Wan Chi Lau

Solar Eclipse Totality 2024

April 14, 2024 // 0 Comments

Yup we…went. And in order to get as much Eclipsiality as possible, we went further afield than we anticipated we would. Days later, we are still awed by the whole d@mn [...]

Mayan Dresden Codex

April 7, 2024 // 0 Comments

The Mayan civilization began two thousands years before the birth of Christ, peaked between A.D. 250 and 900, and began its decline before the Americas were [...]

Patterns In Bloom @ NEBG

March 23, 2024 // 0 Comments

Boston used to host the Massachusetts Horticultural Society‘s huge annual  New England Spring Flower Show, which heralded the beginning of Spring. We think the show [...]

Birding lenses: FirstUse

March 9, 2024 // 0 Comments

When we upgraded our Nikon DSLR from the D90 to the D850, we went from a 12MP sensor to a 47MP sensor. That massive increase in sensor size enables us to capture higher [...]

Birding lenses for the Nikon D850

March 3, 2024 // 0 Comments

When we first acquired the new-to-us Nikon D850 body from a local wedding photographer who was upgrading to the Nikon Z, it came with its original accessories—manual, [...]

Snailax Knee Massager: FirstLook/FirstUse

February 25, 2024 // 0 Comments

Knees are tricky things. They are critical to us humans being able to move. But use them too much, and they wear out. Don’t use them enough, and they tighten up. As we [...]

Cucina Elegante Kitchen Cart: FirstUse/ITW

February 18, 2024 // 0 Comments

We assembled the Boos Cucina Elegante kitchen cart last May and have been using it for close to a year. For those looking for a summary of our opinion on this cart is that it [...]

Standard Proof : Straight Bourbon

February 11, 2024 // 0 Comments

The RainyDayMagazine folks have been learning about bourbons ever since we were introduced to them a number of years ago. A while back we had the opportunity to taste (and [...]

QuietOn 3: InTheWild

February 4, 2024 // 0 Comments

Sleep: it’s important. So important that most human beings will literally go mad if they don’t get it. A good night of solid sleep is often hard to come, but [...]
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