Kris Stoever
@krisstoever.bsky.social
Rene's daughter. Coauthor, with my dad, of "For Spacious Skies: The Uncommon Journey of a Mercury Astronaut" (Harcourt 2003), bestseller, LAT and NYT nonfiction lists.
Ada Palmer, Inventing the Renaissance.
December 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Ada Palmer, Inventing the Renaissance.
See below for an excellent way to sidestep the awkward plural possessive with names ending in 's,' like "Burns."
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
See below for an excellent way to sidestep the awkward plural possessive with names ending in 's,' like "Burns."
The thesaurus in Word lists these synonyms in its dropdown menu. To me, they all scan as code for democratic or liberal. See antonym, "listless," the very quality an authoritarian regime would seek to animate with hate.
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The thesaurus in Word lists these synonyms in its dropdown menu. To me, they all scan as code for democratic or liberal. See antonym, "listless," the very quality an authoritarian regime would seek to animate with hate.
What is this guy—a six pointer? He looks well-fed. (Sent by a friend who lives in Colorado Springs)
October 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
What is this guy—a six pointer? He looks well-fed. (Sent by a friend who lives in Colorado Springs)
John Ganz writes about "groyperization" a lot—and does a lot of explaining around adjacent thought. But this helped too:
September 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
John Ganz writes about "groyperization" a lot—and does a lot of explaining around adjacent thought. But this helped too:
one of my California brothers sent this to me this morning.
September 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
one of my California brothers sent this to me this morning.
a message, you say? oh.
September 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
a message, you say? oh.
Portland. Oysters.
August 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Portland. Oysters.
That menu! I like how Putin appears in the same typeface treatment as "Halibut Olympia"
August 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
That menu! I like how Putin appears in the same typeface treatment as "Halibut Olympia"
See the luncheon menu, below, where Putin becomes an item to be served. The menu elements are not parallel (presidents are not food) yet typography has rendered them thus.
August 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
See the luncheon menu, below, where Putin becomes an item to be served. The menu elements are not parallel (presidents are not food) yet typography has rendered them thus.
Zurich, Turin both have wonderful water fountains. In Turin fountains accommodate dogs
August 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Zurich, Turin both have wonderful water fountains. In Turin fountains accommodate dogs
and in Steamboat last week
July 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
and in Steamboat last week
May I present to you a May blossom in Denver, fourth season — the blooms as big as dinner plates. Filtered sun, east-facing, lots of breathing room. Bare-root tree peony, planted fall 2020. Dig deep and wide, my mother told me. It was a three-foot hole.
May 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
May I present to you a May blossom in Denver, fourth season — the blooms as big as dinner plates. Filtered sun, east-facing, lots of breathing room. Bare-root tree peony, planted fall 2020. Dig deep and wide, my mother told me. It was a three-foot hole.
Looong road trip has kept me from posting a lot. Here's an interesting picture from Berkeley, where People's Park is now a construction site—housing, I think: see razor wire coiled along the top. We drive electric, but premium gas was above $5 in Bay Area.
May 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Looong road trip has kept me from posting a lot. Here's an interesting picture from Berkeley, where People's Park is now a construction site—housing, I think: see razor wire coiled along the top. We drive electric, but premium gas was above $5 in Bay Area.
4/ forgot the photograph.
May 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
4/ forgot the photograph.
ha! My dad's 35th birthday, Langley AFB—May 1, 1960, is the notation on the back, in Ralph Morse (LIFE) writing. This is his photo btw. This is Rene, and those candles number 35, based on visual reasoning from the 12 visible candles in front. The Carpenters have been at Langley for a year. 1/
May 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
ha! My dad's 35th birthday, Langley AFB—May 1, 1960, is the notation on the back, in Ralph Morse (LIFE) writing. This is his photo btw. This is Rene, and those candles number 35, based on visual reasoning from the 12 visible candles in front. The Carpenters have been at Langley for a year. 1/
nice! A *good* Vance appears here in this historic photo of a Polish pope and the (Polish heritage) US Secretary of State, Carter administration
April 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
nice! A *good* Vance appears here in this historic photo of a Polish pope and the (Polish heritage) US Secretary of State, Carter administration
I take it back. Trump or his amanuensis do not know how to punctuate an appositive clause:
April 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I take it back. Trump or his amanuensis do not know how to punctuate an appositive clause:
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Well, what a gift from the family papers to its researchers, and on my mom's birthday, April 12. A never-before-seen "20 Years Ago" clipping from 1957, probably mailed to my mom by fond family members still in Clinton. Goldilocks had fallen ill.
Well, what a gift from the family papers to its researchers, and on my mom's birthday, April 12. A never-before-seen "20 Years Ago" clipping from 1957, probably mailed to my mom by fond family members still in Clinton. Goldilocks had fallen ill.
April 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Well, what a gift from the family papers to its researchers, and on my mom's birthday, April 12. A never-before-seen "20 Years Ago" clipping from 1957, probably mailed to my mom by fond family members still in Clinton. Goldilocks had fallen ill.
Well, what a gift from the family papers to its researchers, and on my mom's birthday, April 12. A never-before-seen "20 Years Ago" clipping from 1957, probably mailed to my mom by fond family members still in Clinton. Goldilocks had fallen ill.
"That's an obscure Apollo astronaut with a Denver connection. Not the first Coloradan in space." DIA missed the boat on that one. Missed honoring The Right Stuff astronaut and a fifth-gen Coloradan, born in Boulder to two CU grads. Speaking of The Right Stuff, is that Tom Wolfe a shelf up?
April 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
"That's an obscure Apollo astronaut with a Denver connection. Not the first Coloradan in space." DIA missed the boat on that one. Missed honoring The Right Stuff astronaut and a fifth-gen Coloradan, born in Boulder to two CU grads. Speaking of The Right Stuff, is that Tom Wolfe a shelf up?
Speaking of Scott Carpenter, this is his centenary year. He was born May 1, 1925. Just Monday I spotted one of his underwater thrillers and told one of the sales people. She was delighted and said, "So you see his statue every time you're at the airport!" "No," I said with an eyeball ...
April 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Speaking of Scott Carpenter, this is his centenary year. He was born May 1, 1925. Just Monday I spotted one of his underwater thrillers and told one of the sales people. She was delighted and said, "So you see his statue every time you're at the airport!" "No," I said with an eyeball ...
Project Mercury astronauts, first day at work, 1959. Langley AFB, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. No shirt cuffs in sight for these military officers seconded to the civilian space agency. Note alpha order (l-r): Carpenter, Cooper, Glenn, Grissom, Schirra, Shepard, Slayton.
March 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Project Mercury astronauts, first day at work, 1959. Langley AFB, National Aeronautics and Space Administration. No shirt cuffs in sight for these military officers seconded to the civilian space agency. Note alpha order (l-r): Carpenter, Cooper, Glenn, Grissom, Schirra, Shepard, Slayton.
Beautiful day in Washington. Terrible front pages
March 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Beautiful day in Washington. Terrible front pages