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![Another Lilac Festival has come and gone. We were fortunate enough to go the first day when the weather was perfect and the crowds were light. The lilacs weren’t in […]](http://johnkinane.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/magnolias-115x115.jpg "2011 Lilac Festival in Rochester, NY")
2011 Lilac Festival in Rochester, NY
Posted on May 22, 2011 | 1 CommentAnother Lilac Festival has come and gone. We were fortunate enough to go the first day when the weather was perfect and the crowds were light. The lilacs weren’t in […] -
![I was given my first telescope for my fifteenth birthday. For years before this I was fascinated with the stars. Having a real telescope changed everything. It made all the […]](http://johnkinane.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/orion130mmST-115x115.jpg "It Begins")
It Begins
Posted on May 10, 2011 | No CommentsI was given my first telescope for my fifteenth birthday. For years before this I was fascinated with the stars. Having a real telescope changed everything. It made all the […] -
![This was my first attempt to sketch an astronomical object. It created it on August 9, 2004 by simply by sketching what you see in a telescope eyepiece. Astronomers used […]](http://johnkinane.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/2004_08_09_M24-115x115.jpg "My First Astronomical Sketch")
My First Astronomical Sketch
Posted on May 10, 2011 | No CommentsThis was my first attempt to sketch an astronomical object. It created it on August 9, 2004 by simply by sketching what you see in a telescope eyepiece. Astronomers used […] -
![I have some bad news for you, Sunshine. Schools fail because their communities fail them. Period. Not maybe or probably or possibly. Show me a failing school in an affluent […]](http://johnkinane.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/failing-grades-115x115.jpg "Schools Fail Because Communities Fail")
Schools Fail Because Communities Fail
Posted on August 26, 2010 | 3 CommentsI have some bad news for you, Sunshine. Schools fail because their communities fail them. Period. Not maybe or probably or possibly. Show me a failing school in an affluent […] -
![Most of my childhood was spent in the seventies. Technology was still very new at best and the spectacular images produced by the Hubble Space Telescope and even by amateurs […]](http://johnkinane.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Proxima1-115x115.jpg "Why I Love Astronomy")
Why I Love Astronomy
Posted on July 7, 2010 | 5 CommentsMost of my childhood was spent in the seventies. Technology was still very new at best and the spectacular images produced by the Hubble Space Telescope and even by amateurs […] -
![If you’re not a native of Clearwater Beach, Florida the first thing you will notice when you step off the plane is the light. Golden sunshine framed in a glowing […]](http://johnkinane.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Kinane_2009_06_06-0052-115x115.jpg "Clearwater Beach: A Slice of Heaven")
Clearwater Beach: A Slice of Heaven
Posted on June 17, 2010 | 2 CommentsIf you’re not a native of Clearwater Beach, Florida the first thing you will notice when you step off the plane is the light. Golden sunshine framed in a glowing […] -
![Retirement. Some people dread the thought while for others it can’t come soon enough. In either case this is a wonderful civilized concept that our modern society enjoys. At least […]](http://johnkinane.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/double-dipping-115x115.jpg "Don’t Ostracize For Double Dipping")
Don’t Ostracize For Double Dipping
Posted on June 9, 2010 | 3 CommentsRetirement. Some people dread the thought while for others it can’t come soon enough. In either case this is a wonderful civilized concept that our modern society enjoys. At least […] -
![What do you know about the BP Oil Spill? As much as the media tells you. What does the media know? They know what BP tells them. The rest of […]](http://johnkinane.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bp-115x115.jpg "Time To Take Control")
Time To Take Control
Posted on June 7, 2010 | No CommentsWhat do you know about the BP Oil Spill? As much as the media tells you. What does the media know? They know what BP tells them. The rest of […] -
![It has been a year since a bear died after falling from a city neighborhood tree in Rochester, NY. The case is considered closed. That is sad. After watching the […]](http://johnkinane.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/IMG00004-20090616-1059-115x115.jpg "Hearse for a Bear")
Hearse for a Bear
Posted on June 5, 2010 | 2 CommentsIt has been a year since a bear died after falling from a city neighborhood tree in Rochester, NY. The case is considered closed. That is sad. After watching the […] -
![I’m old enough to remember when Skylab died a fiery death over the Pacific Ocean. July 11, 1979. The clippings were on my bedroom wall for years. Not long before […]](http://johnkinane.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/space_shuttle_11-115x115.jpg "Space Shuttle Program Nears End")
Space Shuttle Program Nears End
Posted on May 27, 2010 | No CommentsI’m old enough to remember when Skylab died a fiery death over the Pacific Ocean. July 11, 1979. The clippings were on my bedroom wall for years. Not long before […]