Several years ago I bought a white camellia shrub at Roxbury Mills, a farm and garden shop in Fredericksburg. Since then we’ve been blessed with a prolific display of white double blooms  from November until the very hard freezes of January. Today is November 7, 2014. The bush started blooming a few days ago.  A pleasant […]
Tagged camellia, flowerGaining Ground: A Story of Farmers’ Markets, Local Food, and Saving the Family Farm by Forrest Pritchard A well-written story about the transformation of a farm and the people who chose to live on it from dead-end industrial farming to a sustaining natural and organically managed farm. A thoroughly enjoyable read. “We buried my father […]
Tagged higashino, mysteryThe average age of those listed in the fifteen obituaries in the November 2, 2014 Free Lance-Star was 80.64. The median was 83 with a sample standard deviation of 11.49. The ages ranged from 56 to 9992. This is the thirteenth day I’ve been collecting this data. The mean of  obituary average ages using {77.375,64,74.143, 62.5, 55,66.8333, 74.11,71.27,68.82, 76.92,63,76.71} at Wolfram alpha is […]
Tagged average age, obituaryA Place to Bury Strangers have been mentioned recently by Daniel Radcliffe (plays Harry Potter in films). He thinks their music is the type the character he plays in a recent movie would be listening to. He also says “I listened to … A Place to Bury Strangers, which is a great name for a band..” […]
Tagged A Place to Bury Strangers, aptbsThe average age of those listed in the seven obituaries in the November 1, 2014 Free Lance-Star was 76.71. The median was 76 with a sample standard deviation of 11.04. The ages ranged from 62 to 92. This is the twelfth day I’ve been collecting this data. The mean of  obituary average ages using {77.375,64,74.143, 62.5, 55,66.8333, 74.11,71.27,68.82, 76.92,63,76.71} at Wolfram alpha is […]
Tagged average age, obituaryI love to visit the gardens at Chatham Manor in Stafford County overlooking the Rappahannock River and Fredericksburg. This is a photo of a bloom past its prime on one of the large magnolia trees on the grounds. Chatham is a Georgian house that was the manor house of those that owned Chatham Plantation before the […]
Tagged magnolia, view du jourThe average age of those listed in the four obituaries in the October 31, 2014 Free Lance-Star was 63. The median was 63.5 with a sample standard deviation of 27.99. The ages ranged from 31 to 94. This is the eleventh day I’ve been collecting this data. The mean of  obituary average ages using {77.375,64,74.143, 62.5, 55,66.8333, 74.11,71.27,68.82, 76.92,63} at Wolfram alpha is […]
Tagged average age, obituaryA Place to Bury Strangers had two shows in NY near the end of October CMJ Report: Texan takeover and Slowdive reunion – Music – The Austin Chronicle – “This year featured a gluttony of ATX talent in both official and unofficial shows, from teen standouts Residual Kid to Jon Dee Graham. Austin Psych Fest curated […]
Tagged A Place to Bury Strangers, aptbs, death by audioThe Forgiven: A Novel by Lawrence Osborne. Life changing events sometimes need forgiveness. If you experience a life-changing event, do you need to be forgiven? Are you responsible? Osborne gives such a full and rich description of an opulent 3-day weekend party in Morocco, you can feel the heat. You’re irritated by the sand. He […]
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Obituary average age. November 6, 2014: 86.5
The average age of those listed in the four obituaries in the November 6, 2014 Free Lance-Star was 86.5. The median was 87.5 with a sample standard deviation of 7.681. The ages ranged from 78 to 93. This is the fourteenth day I’ve been collecting this data. The mean of  obituary average ages using {77.375,64,74.143, 62.5, 55,66.8333, 74.11,71.27,68.82, 76.92,63,76.71} at Wolfram alpha is […]
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