Going to Mars? You'll need more than batteries

 

Missions to Mars and colonies on Mars, however far-fetched and far-future that seems, will need more power than "conventional" sources in space (aka solar panels and batteries).  They'll need solar -- and they'll need nuclear energy.

At least that's what this Wired article contends.  

Mars Colonies Will Need Solar Power—and Nuclear Too

"But the weight of the needed solar equipment would go up to more than 20 tons for a Mars outpost closer to the poles. Mars is tilted on its axis by about 25 degrees, slightly more than Earth is, and its orbit is less circular, so less sunlight would reach those PV cells during parts of the year. That means nuclear power becomes more viable at the poles. The power generation equipment needed to produce that much nuclear energy would add up to about 9.5 tons of carry-along mass to produce the same 40 kilowatts of energy. That lift is doable for massive next-generation rockets like NASA’s Space Launch System and SpaceX’s Starship and Super Heavy, which can each carry payloads of at least tens of tons into deep space. (The poles also harbor ice that could provide a water source for the astronauts.)"

The book and movie The Martian previewed this; interesting that they were pretty accurate.  Seems that people forget how useful nuclear energy is.  I wish we were using it a lot more.

I made this

 

We won't forget this time.   Feel free to use.

What is Climate Fresk?

 

It's a game about climate change, that shows what it is and how it's happening.  Apparently, it's very effective.

Find out more:  Climate Fresk

Lighthouse of the Week, May 29 - June 4, 2022: Toro Point Lighthouse, Panama

 

I have endeavored while presenting the Lighthouses of the Week to find lighthouses in different countries.  I've obviously had repeats, especially in countries and locations with lots of coast and lots of lights, but I'm always happy to find a lighthouse or two in a country that I haven't "visited" before.  This is one of those times.

The new country is Panama, and the lighthouse is the Toro Point Lighthouse, located near the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal in Fort Sherman.  Which means here.

Here's what the Lighthouse Directory remarks about this particular lighthouse landmark. Note: it's tall.

"1893 (French). Active; focal plane 33 m (108 ft); white light, 5 s on, 25 s off. 27.5 m (90 ft) steel skeletal tower with central cylinder, mounted on a stone base. Entire lighthouse painted white. ... This elegant lighthouse, built by the French during their efforts to construct the Canal, is a familiar landmark for everyone passing through the waterway."

Not a lot of pictures of this one are available, but there are a few, three of which are below.

The Lincoln Statue

 

In case you weren't aware (I wasn't), May 30th is the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial.   As you might guess, the link goes to an article about that subject.

However, there's an article about another statue of Lincoln, which was the first Lincoln memorial.  It's been through a few things, but it still stands, now in Judiciary Square in Washington D.C.

I may have to check that out the next time I visit the city, which I do a couple of times a year.  In lieu of that right now, below is a Streetview look at the statue. It's just to the right of the light pole, in front of the courthouse pillars.

This IS a political issue

 

Gun control is indeed a political issue.  Rather, gun safety is a political issue.

Weakened gun laws put Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on the defensive

Excerpt 1:

"Lawmakers passed several school-safety measures the following year [after a school shooting at Santa Fe High School near Houston that killed 8 students, 2 teachers] that included increasing law enforcement on campus and arming more school personnel, and trying to prevent threats by identifying potentially dangerous students and connecting them with a telehealth counseling program, among other efforts to boost mental health resources."

Excerpt 2:

"But [Texas governor] Abbott abandoned support for a suggestion in the report that lawmakers consider approving a red-flag law, which would authorize police or family members to petition a court for removal of a firearm from someone considered a threat. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), an adamant gun rights supporter, strongly opposed that measure."

Excerpt 3:

"On Wednesday, Aidan Johnston, director of federal affairs for Gun Owners of America, accused gun control advocates, including President Biden, of trying to co-opt the Uvalde shooting in service of a political agenda. Johnston said his group advocates for allowing teachers to be armed in the classroom."   (See this video and then decide if you think that's a good idea.)

OK ...

It is clearly a political issue.  Abbott has made politically-motivated legislation making it easier to buy and own and use guns one of his priorities.  The GOP is strongly for gun rights, while Democrats advocate gun safety measures, many of which the vast majority of Americans agree should be implemented.  But even the most basic measures get blocked in Congress -- because of politics.

Is should NOT be a political issue.  Both sides should agree (as do most Americans, which means Republicans and Democrats) that this situation is way beyond acceptable.  Legislators, those "in power" who can do something about it, should put politics aside and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

No more posturing.  Just take action.

Great column from Friedman

 

Thomas Friedman of the New York Times had lunch with President Biden recently, and wrote a great column about it, and his thoughts accompanying it.

My Lunch With President Biden

Here's a quote that's troubling, and well said.

"I fear that we’re going to break something very valuable very soon. And once we break it, it will be gone — and we may never be able to get it back.

I am talking about our ability to transfer power peacefully and legitimately, an ability we have demonstrated since our founding. The peaceful, legitimate transfer of power is the keystone of American democracy. Break it, and none of our institutions will work for long, and we will be thrust into political and financial chaos."

Many of us are in that same frame of mind;  troubled, but not sure what can be done to address this drift toward the demise (or crippling) of American democracy.

Lighthouse of the Week, May 22-28, 2022: Happisburgh Lighthouse, UK

 

Since I got to the end of the week before doing the LotW post, and it's Memorial Day weekend in the USA, I had the idea to search for "red white blue lighthouse".  There are a lot of them.  Unfortunately, none of them are actual lighthouses -- they are commonly either paintings, models, or miniature ones put in gardens or on decks.

But in the pictures a lot of red and white lighthouses showed up, and this one looked interesting because in a few pictures it didn't look like there was any ocean nearby (such as this one).  The reason for this illusion is that the lighthouse is set back a couple of hundred yards from the low bluffs on the coast, and it does appear to be partially surrounded by agricultural fields.

This is an interesting light in other ways;  it's the only privately-run lighthouse in the UK, for one, and the pronunciation of  'Happisburgh' is nothing like what a reader or speaker of USA English would think it is (see below).  And it has a 1st order Fresnel lens!

So let's get to the details.  This website has a lot of links to more information:  Happisburgh Lighthouse: Happisburgh Village Website

Click to see where it is located (zoom in to see its location on the coast). 

Now the Lighthouse Directory will tell us more.

"1791. Active (privately maintained); focal plane 41 m (135 ft); three white flashes every 30 s. 26 m (85 ft) round brick tower with lantern and gallery, painted with red and white horizontal bands. 1st order Fresnel lens (1868) in use. The two 2-story brick keeper's houses have been private residences since the light was automated in 1929. The name of this lighthouse is pronounced "Haisbro." ... This historic light was declared redundant by Trinity House in 1988, but a local trust was organized to continue its operation. In 1990 a special act of Parliament chartered the Happisburgh Lighthouse Trust as Britain's first (and, so far, only) private lighthouse authority, allowing Trinity House to transfer ownership and operation to the trust."

You may now pronounce 'Happisburgh' properly.

Below, pictures and a video showing the repainting of the lighthouse, which includes some great views of the lighthouse.

by David Powley

by Nick Garrod

The rest of the sonnet

 

A few posts ago, "Work in Progress" provided the first couple of lines of a sonnet I was working on.  Here's how it turned out.

A wish, a promise, and a nascent dream
have here combined into an actioned state --
it is not just a basic plan or scheme
without detail -- no, this is a place and date
and method with a definite result
which undermines uncertainty's detract-
ing influence. Each step creates a mult-
iplying mechanism serving to attract
the magnetism of success, which will
be cognizant of loss, or better, gain;
the culminating power is a thrill
sung with perfect triumph's pure refrain!
You wouldn't contemplate a flight of stair
is quite so much -- but think of it as rare.

Going swimmingly for Cody, except ...

 

Cody Simpson was/is a celebrity singer/actor from Australia, but prior to his stardom, he was also a really good swimmer.  He returned to the sport before the last Olympics, made the Aussie trials, but didn't qualify.  He somewhat expected that.

But he has kept training, and at the most recent Aussie trials, it appeared he qualified for the World Championships (coming up in June and into July) in the 100-meter butterfly, and he smashed his previous PR.  SwimSwam had an article about this. It said winner Kyle Chalmers was skipping the Worlds and concentrating on the Commonwealth Games, so Cody would have gotten the Worlds spot.  But Chalmers changed his mind (see below), so now it seems that Cody  can still go to the Commonwealth Games by virtue of his third-place finish. I don't know if he's going to try to do the double or not.

It also appears that Cody has been doubling up out of the pool, too.

There's something about Cody! How singer Simpson has bagged some of the world's most famous women as he gets embroiled in a 'love triangle' with two Olympic swimmers

Now, Cody has a long list of female companions, and he isn't dating half a relay.  The love triangle is with Emma McKeon (who won a lot of gold medals at the last Olympics, you remember) and Chalmers.  It is reported that Simpson and McKeon are now together;  Chalmers shot down speculation that he decided to go to the Worlds to get back at Simpson for being with McKeon.

"As the 100 Flys" should be a great show.

Here's the trials final:

 

A skull to remember

 

Finding a human skull while out for a nice river paddle could be disruptive to the intent of peaceful rest and relaxation.

This time, it turned out to be a somewhat better outcome than the finders might have first thought was going to be the case.

Kayakers find an 8,000-year-old human skull in Minnesota River

"Authorities traced the river remains to Minnesota’s Archaic period, which stretches from 7,000 to 500 B.C., according to Minnesota’s state archaeologist."

 Listen to the local newscasters describe it, with some of the released photos (and ignore the closed-captioning that labeled it a "hum skull"):

New tech to detect guns

 

In the aftermath of the tragic Buffalo mass shooting ... which comes in the aftermath of numerous other mass shootings ... this article in the Washington Post discusses new technology -- but also technology that is currently in use -- that could make it much easier to detect someone carrying a gun into places where a gun shouldn't be welcome.

AI may be searching you for guns the next time you go out in public

So what is this AI technology?

"Evolv machines use “active sensing” — a light-emission technique that also underpins radar and lidar — to create images. Then it applies AI to examine them."

However, the technology has raised questions of privacy, from the ACLU. 

 “But do we really want to create more ways for security to invade our privacy? Do we want to turn every shopping mall or Little League game into an airport?”

If it's the only way to stop mass shootings in our gun-toting society, then yes.  The system doesn't label someone or store their person information;  it just identifies and notifies someone with a weapon.  Which could provide enough time for the necessary response forces to respond if that weapon turns into a killing machine.

And I could actually care less if someone who wants to carry a gun has "privacy" regarding that status.  If it was up to me, anyone lawfully carrying a gun, concealed or open-carry, would be required to wear an international orange baseball cap with the word "GUN" in black on the front.  In many states, hunters have to do that anyway.

Not that mass killers would do that. But we have the technology to detect them. 

Lighthouse of the Week, May 15-21, 2022: Ágios Nikólaos, Kéa, Greece

 

I have featured several lighthouses from the country of Greece prior to this one, which makes sense because Greece has both a lot of coastline and a lot of islands.  This lighthouse happens to be on island, Kéa, which is located fairly close to Athens.  It appears that it can be referred to as either the Kéa lighthouse or the Ágios Nikólaos lighthouse on Kéa, to distinguish it from one with a similar name on Rhodes.

Now, if you read stories of lighthouses and shipwrecks, you can probably figure that have been many instances in which people prayed to see a lighthouse, or people in a lighthouse prayed that they'd survive whatever massive manifestation of nature was hitting the coast at their location. 

In this case, the lighthouse does double duty, because there's a church right next to it.   So let's learn more from the Lighthouse Directory:

"1831. Active; focal plane 32 m (105 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 8 m (26 ft) square stone tower with lantern and gallery, rising from a 1-story stone keeper's house. Lighthouse painted white, lantern dome green. ... This is the one of the first lighthouses built by the Greek government after Greece won its independence. It appears to have been renovated recently. The Orthodox chapel of Ágios Nikólaos (St. Nicholas) is attached to the lighthouse."

Locationally, it's on a very long point of land.  I couldn't find a great aerial picture showing that, but they do exist.  You can look at the location on the island here;  zoom out to see how close Athens is to the island.  At the resolution of the map at the link, you'll see that there are a lot of churches on this island.

After all that, here are the pictures.

Everton stays up

 

Courtesy of Crystal Palace, who took a 2-0 lead and then gave it up with three straight Everton goals, Everton is staying in the English Premier League for the next season.

Everton produce STUNNING comeback to beat Crystal Palace 3-2 and secure Premier League survival... with Dominic Calvert-Lewin netting late winner after Frank Lampard's side had trailed 2-0

And the Crystal Palace coach, Patrick Vieira (who has coached CP well this year) has some questions to answer after apparently attempting to demonstrate his former playing-years kicking prowess.  Unfortunately, a ball was not involved.  However, it does appear that a rude digit was.

Work in progress

 

First two lines of a sonnet:

A wish, a promise, and a nascent dream
have here combined into an actioned state --

How will it end?

(I don't know, I just started writing it.  Stay tuned.)

Look! Up in the sky! It's ... dark

 

Here's a shot of the lunar eclipse that took place a couple of days ago.  If you missed this one, the U.S. West Coast (which could see the eclipsed moon rising during this one) has a better view in November, but the East Coast won't see it as well.  As it will be November, there's a much better chance of clouds then, anyway.

Such an optimist.

Hard to believe -- believe it

 

As we progress toward a country where Roe v. Wade has been overturned, the far-rightness of the Republican Party is spawning the nearly-unbelievable.  But these are emboldened, power-drunk Republicans who believe "small" government still allows for controlling people's lives ...

and enforcing suffering.

Case in point:

Ricketts [the governor of Nebraska] Vows Total Abortion Ban if Roe Overturned, Even for Rape, Incest

"The abortion ban that you tried to pass did not include any exceptions for rape or incest, so can you clarify: do you think that the state of Nebraska should require a young girl who is raped to carry that pregnancy to term?" [CNN host Dana] Bash asked.

"Nebraska is a pro-life state," the governor responded. "I believe life begins at conception and those are babies too. So if Roe v. Wade, which is a horrible constitutional decision, gets overturned by the Supreme Court, which we're hopeful of, here in Nebraska we're going to take further steps to protect those pre-born babies."

"Including in the case of rape or incest?" Bash then asked.

"They're still babies too, yes, they're still babies,' Ricketts replied."

So, let's clarify.  If a 15-year-old pre-adult girl is raped and impregnated in Nebraska, the compassionate governor of Nebraska will force that young immature teenage girl to remember that brutal, traumatic event for every single day of a nine-month pregnancy, and then go through the frightening and painful process of giving birth to a child of a man that she likely hates and detests. 

Is that clear now?  How much care and what kind of care is the governor of Nebraska going to offer to girls (yes, they're still girls) who are in this circumstance?

Has he even thought about that aspect of this issue?

Very likely not.

You can shake your head in dismay, but you've still got to believe it's true.  Because it is.

Tarn it

 

Do you happen to know the definition of a tarn?

Well ...

This is from Travel Trivia's "16 Interesting Geography Terms You Should Know":

"A tarn is a small mountain lake that was formed by a glacier. The geographical term evolved from the old Norse term tjorn, which refers to a small mountain lake with no tributaries. Formed in hollow ground left behind by a melted glacier, tarns are often surrounded by steep slopes that create a natural amphitheater. Tarns can be found throughout the mountainous regions of the world, with North Wales being particularly famous for its glacial tarns. Visitors to this part of the world will be treated to many crystal-clear tarns surrounded by stunning views."

Below, a picture of Sprinkling Tarn, in England's Lake District, near Scafell Pike, which is probably more famous.

We need to hear the results

 

The House January 6 committee has issued more subpoenas for testimony, this time from Republican members of the House.

That's all well-and-good, but time is short.  We need to start hearing results, reports, and highly publicizable sound-bites and headlines about how corrupt these guys really were then -- and are now.

Jan. 6 panel’s subpoena of GOP members shows extent of Trump coverup

"After unsuccessfully seeking voluntary testimony from key House Republicans — Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and Reps. Mo Brooks (Ala.), Andy Biggs (Ariz.), Scott Perry (Pa.) and Jim Jordan (Ohio) — the committee has issued them subpoenas compelling them to appear for depositions at the end of the month."

Here's some more from the article:

"But if that doesn’t happen [i.e., if the scum listed above refuse to testify], it will demonstrate the full extent of the Republican coverup on Trump’s behalf. And it will be a reminder: This saga has never been just about Trump.

It has also been about how a major party made the fateful decision not to participate in any response to an effort by that party’s leader to destroy our political order, and decided to be complicit in his effort to escape accountability for it entirely."

They need to ask him Malevolent McCarthy why he said this -- and now doesn't think it's important. 

Duff doffs (everything)

 

When that post title came to me, I had to post about this.  Former Disney cutie Hilary Duff, now fully mature and with three kids to prove it, posed nude (tastefully, meaning not showing full totality) in a health magazine. (Women's Health)

And from this perspective, she looks really good in that state.

Hilary Duff in the buff! How I Met Your Father star goes NAKED and puts her tattoo collection on show as she reflects on feeling 'proud' of her body after third child

I guess Women's Health won't mind the extra advertising.

Why should anyone believe him?

 

According to Donald Trump, everything former SecDef Mark Esper said about him in a new book is false.

I don't know of any reason we should believe anything Trump says.

Trump hit back at Mark Esper's series of damaging claims, saying his former defense chief was so useless he had to 'run the military' himself

"Esper is the latest senior Trump administration official to release a book with damaging revelations about their time in office. Trump has characteristically responded to criticism by former officials by questioning their competence and insulting them."

Do you sense a pattern?  I do. 

Will Everton stay up?

 

The Premier League (currently) football (soccer) club Everton dipped down into the relegation zone (the bottom 3 teams of the league standings, which are 'dropped' to the next tier down, and the three top teams are brought up), but after a 2-1 win over Leicester City, they are (currently) not in the bottom 3.

Can they stay up, or are they going down?

May 11, they play Watford, which has officially been relegated.  Their final three games are against Brentford, Crystal Palace, and finally Arsenal.  Brentford and CP are in the middle of the standings, so those games are probably pivotal.  The last game, against Arsenal, may be against a team that needs a win to stay in the top 4, which are the teams that get to play in the UEFA's Champions League the next season.  So that one might be tough.

I hope they stay up.  But you can't always get what you want.

Comely Comer

 

I first watched Jodie Comer in the historical mini-series "The White Princess".   I hadn't heard of her before, but she had quite a list of performances before that, and she's really (obviously) taken off since, with "Killing Eve", "Free Guy", and "The Last Duel" notable appearances.

And she's obviously a very lovely woman.  As can be seen here.

BAFTA TV AWARDS 2022: Jodie Comer goes braless in racy plunging gown with thigh-high split as she's nominated for her role in Channel 4's drama Help

Can Finke go faster?

 

Ever since his two dramatic come-from-behind-with-a-blistering-last-lap gold-medal-winning swims at the Tokyo Olympics in the 800 and 1500 meter freestyle, I've been keeping track of Bobby Finke's swimming feats.

He had a less than fantastic 1650 at the NCAA championships a couple of weeks ago (even he said it wasn't that great, and he was recovering from a recent COVID-19 infection), so I was curious how he'd perform at the international trials last week.

He performed quite well.  His 1500 meter freestyle was 14:45 and change, which is only six seconds slower than his winning time in Tokyo.  So will he be able to go faster at the Worlds?  I would think so.  The question is whether he (presumably being pushed by Wellbrock and Paltrinieri) could challenge Sun Yang's somewhat amazing, and possibly questionable, world record of 14:31, set in 2012.  

It'll be fun to find out.

A little good news from the reefs

 

The best kind of lionfish is a dead lionfish (where they're an invasive species, of course).

Florida Keys Lionfish Derby Winners Bring in Record-Breaking 426 Invasive Fish

60,000 lionfish in the region have been culled thanks to programming put on by REEF, the derby’s nonprofit host.

Kill the beast

Lighthouse of the Week, May 8-14, 2022: Kagawong Lighthouse, Canada

The Kagawong Lighthouse is on Manitoulin Island, located in Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes.

The Lighthouse Directory says: 

"1894 (station established 1880). Active; focal plane 13.5 m (44 ft); continuous red light. 9.5 m (31 ft) square pyramidal wood tower with lantern and gallery, painted white with red trim; lantern is red." 

 Here's where it is located: Kagawong Lighthouse

The lighthouse overlooks Main Street and the harbor of Kagawong.

Lighthouse Friends Kagawong Lighthouse Page  

The most noted thing to see near here is Bridal Veil Falls. (I wonder how many waterfalls around the world are named Bridal Veil Falls?) This Bridal Veil Falls looks like this:

Pictures (of the lighthouse) and a Google Streetview are below.

 

Google Streetview:

Cool blue hot rock

It's only 15.1 carats, but it's virtually flawless, and it's blue.  It's a diamond, called the De Beers Cullinan Blue, and it just sold for 39 million pounds sterling, or about $50 million U.S. dollars.

Simply dazzling! Stunning 15ct blue diamond becomes the most expensive ever sold at auction after fetching £39MILLION at Sotheby's in Hong Kong

This video shows off the gem (and you should watch it full-screen).

Lighthouse of the Week, May 1-7, 2022: Santa Ana Hill, Guayaquil, Ecuador

 

My first search didn't work (I looked for lighthouses in Samoa;  there are lights, but not lighthouses), so I then conjured up "blue stripe lighthouse".    Using this, I found one that I am somewhat astonished I have never seen before.   It's not like a have an encyclopedic memory of lighthouses, nor do I devote myself in a consuming hobby to document them all (that's what the Lighthouse Directory is for), but still, this one is pretty outstanding.

I actually haven't featured any lighthouses from Ecuador prior to this;  a quick examination of the Lighthouse Directory page for Ecuador indicates that I'm going to have to feature a couple more.

This one, Cerro Santa Ana (Santa Ana Hill), was built quite recently, in 2002.  Here's the brief amount of information from the aforementioned directory:

"2002. Active (unofficial); focal plane 86 m (282 ft); continuous white light. 19 m (62 ft) round tower with lantern and gallery painted in a blue and white spiral pattern. (The city's flag features blue and white horizontal stripes.)"

Based on that, I'm not totally sure it's for navigation, or if it's just for show.  But it is very prominent.  I think the blue stripes are recent, as there are some pictures of it where it is all white.

They've been lying for decades

 

An article from the UK media outlet (used to be a newspaper, I think) The Guardian.

‘What we now know … they lied’: how big oil companies betrayed us all

The articles notes that there's a "docuseries" about this entire episode/campaign/travesty, from PBS, entitled The Power of Big Oil, which is available online.  I'll have to carve out some time to watch that.  The three parts are entitled "Denial", "Doubt", and "Delay".    (No, those aren't the names of congresspersons from Texas.  Well, one of them actually was.)

Here's an excerpt from the Guardian article.

"Former senator Timothy Wirth tells the documentary-makers how in 1988 he organised historic hearings at which a distinguished Nasa scientist, James Hansen, testified that greenhouse gases were changing the climate.

“That was a kind of a magic sentence,” Wirth said. “This was not environmental groups. This was not some green cabal. This was probably the lead climate scientist in the federal government making this statement.”

The New York Times reported the testimony on its front page. It seemed a turning point to Wirth and Hansen. Now the country would have to face reality. Instead the hearing served as a warning to the oil industry to intensify its campaign of denialism."

And it's been quite successful.  One of its side effects was to reduce the perceived need for reliable alternate energy sources, one of which would be nuclear energy.  There's still time, but it's a lot later than it should be.

Killer shots

 

There's a young woman who goes by the moniker "Killer Katrin";  her actual name is Ekaterina Novikova, and she's a glamour model;  there are nude pictures available of her on the Web (worth a look), and lots of other glamour shots.  She also has an OnlyFans station (don't they all?)

She's blonde, with an innocent pretty face and a superb figure, and somewhat more astonishingly when it is contemplated artistically (of course), she also has two young children, and I believe she also has an extraordinarily fortunate male partner.  I'm not totally sure of that last part;  I haven't seen any pictures of her with a male companion, but they seem to go on holidays as a family, based on the pictures that get taken.  Clearly she had a male contribution to the procreation of the progeny. 

Judge for yourself on her Instagram.

Speaking of that, she recently posted two charming pictures, shown below.  I use "charming" because to truly express their level (despite their lack of particular features that would deem then actual nudes) might go beyond the bounds of decency.

Just down Alaoa Road

While opening the Google search page, I randomly typed in "alaoa".   Turns out that there's an Alaoa Road in Samoa, and it's just across the street from the Robert Louis Stevenson Museum.  That's near Apia on the island of Upolu.   (And now I have plenty of vowels for Scrabble.)

I guess whenever I'm in the neighborhood, I'll have to swing by.

Robert Louis Stevenson Museum Website

It's a nice place.