It was a beautiful spring evening, made even more entertaining by this:

Balloon

It flew very nearly overhead.

Balloon

I lived in Las Cruces, New Mexico for a while, home of the Mesilla Valley Balloon Rally. It’s a good area for ballooning in general, so I used to see them soaring overhead frequently. It’s much less common here in central Pennsylvania, though. Neat!

I even came home and did something about the dust woolly-mammoths hiding in the corners.

I have a new plan: I’m going to win tonight’s PowerBall. Good, reliable investment strategy, no?

Welcome!

I’ve been doing stuff with string for quite some time, and describing it to others online since 1996 or so at Phiala’s String Page.

I also do some science and write some fiction.

I’m Phiala most places on the internet.