The scientists who made this discovery gave the planet the name, Tatooine after the fictional planet in the “Star Wars” films that boasts a double sunset. I hope to read more about this exciting discovery – I can only imagine what it would be like to have two suns.

My parents supported my interest in the space program by taking me to museums, a tour of the Kennedy Space Center one spring when we were in Florida for spring Break, and they sent me to Space Camp in Huntsville when I was 12 years old. They bought a microscope for me when I was 15 and several of my friends had microscopes, too. We were a band of geeks, in a way.

So now that we are all adults, we still stay in touch and talk about the space program. We are devastated that the space program has been shut down. Not that we want to be astronauts, but because we believe in space exploration. Some of us still have our childhood microscopes and keep them repaired with microscope parts that we order over the internet. In fact, I hope to pass along my microscope to my son some day.

My mother has always been known for her green thumb. The house we all grew up in had the most wonderful window box planters that all the neighbors were very envious of, she really got a charge out of that. We also always had a nice vegetable garden in the back that we were known with sharing the harvest around the neighbor each season. The only indoor planter that I can remember back then was one that always held a nice and healthy mother-in-law’s tongue that ironically enough her mother-in-law bought for her shortly after my folks were married. My mother much preferred to be outside in the sun tending all of her beauties.

A fireplace with gas logs can add heat to a house and leaves no messy ashes to clean up. If you want the best selection of realistic looking logs in the fireplace, R. H. Peterson Real Fyre Gas Logs are where I found over two dozen styles and types of gas logs that look like wood.

I’d like to get Vented Gas Logs for my living room and find gas logs that look like the real oak trees that are in my back yard. Once they are lit, they looks so real, if you didn’t know they were gas logs you would think they are real oak logs burning.

Well, she had one of those single cup coffee makers and a variety of different coffee flavors to pick from. I’ve not had a chance to try one until today. It was hard to make up my mind which flavor to try. I went with a traditional Columbia coffee – and it was delicious.

And half the world away, the people of New Zealand were awakened by a 7.4 magnitude earthquake at 4:00 this morning. With the power outages and amount of damage to buildings, I have not yet heard if anyone was killed in the earthquake, but I did see pictures on CNN this morning of the buildings that have collapsed and the rubble in the streets.

Mother Nature is being quite the bully today.

This is serious business, especially right now, when so many families were going to the beaches for the Labor Day holiday weekend. I hope everyone heeds the warnings and that we have no loss of life from Hurricane Earl.

First time visitors should probably log on to http://www.myrtlebeachgolf.net and read up on the different courses and greens fees. Some of the courses are lit at night and some are open at the crack of dawn. If you are serious about marathon golfing, you can easily play 36 holes in one day.

Myrtle Beach golf packages can include discounts on greens fees and cart rentals, plus discounts on the hotels or resorts in the area. You can even arrange your tee times online and have everything set up before you leave home.

I have been in hurricanes that had winds over 130 mph and have seen the damage and danger first hand. I certainly hope that this hurricane loses some of the force if it does come ashore along the East Coast as projected.