What Gandhi Taught Me Last Night

Sometimes I feel like I have spent most of my life blind.

Last night Joe, Micah and I were discussing saltpetre production.  Though this may seem like an odd topic it will be common in our household over the next several months, seeing as how we are working at Mammoth Cave again and it was once a major supplier of saltpetre. 

From New Zealand (and Russia?) With Love

I am mystified!!  Recently I was combing through the statistics for this blog (trying to figure out what some of them even mean) and I happened to click into audience - all time.  What I learned there is that my viewership is (as expected) primarily from United States viewers, second place in my viewership falls to . . . You guessed it! . . . Russia!?!?!  What's up with that?  Have some of my friends or family members taken up a secret Russian double life?  Are Russians so bored that my blog just really makes their day?  I'm burning with a desire to understand this mystery, so, if any of my dear Russian viewers would care to come forth and explain yourselves I would be deeply grateful!  So, what does all this have to do with New Zealand?  Are they number three on the viewership charts?  NO! This lovely island nation holds an entirely different, yet very special, place in my heart.