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Wonderful Man and Wonderful School The article about the Texas School for the Deaf (October 2008, “Texas School for the Deaf: Building Bridges”) was very informative and highlighted one of the wonderful special schools in our state. Thanks for informing the general public on the education of these deaf and hard-of-hearing students. On page 10,…

Sheer Bliss I very much enjoyed Winter Prosapio’s piece “Tangled Up in Bliss” (September 2008). Although I have no direct experience with motherhood, I have been married for many years to a woman I consider the greatest mother of them all, and so I’ve at least spent a lot of time observing it. Prosapio’s piece…

Solar Heat Works Your solar article (July 2008) seems to be oblivious to the day-in and day-out solar thermal power plants of the parabolic trough design. We have partnered in the past with Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in making this type of green power more efficient for the last few…

Brewing Mesquite Tea RE: Letter writers’ ongoing discussion about mesquite: My wife and I look at the mesquite tree as our food tree. We strip off about a handful of leaves from several trees until we have about a gallon of leaves. We place them into a plastic bag and fluff them one to two…

Phooey on Heat Pumps RE: Letter from John D. Bennett in the July 2008 issue. There is no heat from heat pumps. I built a house three years ago and did everything possible to make it energy efficient. The only mistake was installing a heat pump. In the winter all it does is blow cool…