Category Archives: Adventures

Growing up on a Mississippi Farm my parents didn’t want me to only see the dirt roads. I have seen a lot in more than 40 years.

STS-131: A Space Camp Field Trip

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Ruth Marie Oliver

Twenty years ago when Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger graduated from Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama she dreamed of one day working for NASA. In 2004, she entered the NASA training program for Astronaut Candidates. Yesterday, she launched into space onboard Discovery. When … Continue reading →

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Wild Pig on the Right

Posted on April 4, 2010 by Ruth Marie Oliver

On the left you will see the Space Shuttle, and on the right there is a wild pig, wild pig on the right! As we were driving parallel to the crawler-way our tour guide Doug Wheelock (aka Wheels) exclaimed “Wild … Continue reading →

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Asexual Sea Grass

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Ruth Marie Oliver

Long a go, in a land not so far from here, I saw asexual sea grass for the very first time. This spotting was during my first trip to the Space Coast! It was also my first and only trip … Continue reading →

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Dreams in Space

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Ruth Marie Oliver

At the very top of the cork-board in my office are my wings that I received at Space Academy graduation in 1990. Wow, it has been twenty years since I was a camper here in Rocket City. My graduation wings … Continue reading →

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Friends of Jack

Posted on March 27, 2010 by Ruth Marie Oliver

“It is just our feeling that too little time is spent in this day and age enjoying the friendship of others. The Tennessee Squire Association is but one small attempt on our part to speak up.” About this time last … Continue reading →

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I am Expecting!!!

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Ruth Marie Oliver

Yes, you read that correctly, I am expecting! If you are reading this blog then you will find out the true meaning of the title. See last weekend I wrote about my husband Chris going back to work at PricewaterhouseCoopers. … Continue reading →

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Single Again

Posted on March 7, 2010 by Ruth Marie Oliver

In my Blogging for Blog Sake I recalled a trip to Jack Daniels and Miss Mary Bobo’s that resulted in a job change for my husband Chris. He moved from the prestigious firm which counts the Oscar ballots to Booz … Continue reading →

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Somewhere in the Bluegrass State

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Ruth Marie Oliver

Today we stopped by Enterprise to rent our SUV which looks a lot like a mini-van. I didn’t want to drive a mini-van because mini-van drivers are the worst drivers! So I let Divot drive and I watched movies in … Continue reading →

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Wow, What a Year So Far

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Ruth Marie Oliver

I haven’t posted much recently on my blog. I think it is because I have been trying to hold on with all I have! It has been busy, crazy, and rewarding. True, I have been mourning the Super Bowl loss. … Continue reading →

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Jet Airplanes and Space Geeks

Posted on February 6, 2010 by Ruth Marie Oliver

I am currently at SEEC a conference in Houston that I have gone to for several years. The first year I attended was 2003 just days after STS 107 and Columbia was lost on re-entry. It was an eerily somber … Continue reading →

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Uphill Both Ways

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Ruth Marie Oliver

Remember hearing your parents tell stories about walking barefoot to school in the snow uphill both ways? Today the adventure home seemed as treacherous as all those stories my folks told me. The snow on the roads, the crazy southern … Continue reading →

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Welcome to 2010

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Ruth Marie Oliver

I started this grand and glorious year with my brother and nephews at Pilot/Co-Pilot camp, a program of Aviation Challenge. It was so much fun! Whoever runs that place is a redheaded mastermind of fun! It was great hanging out … Continue reading →

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