From Dante to Amanda Gorman: Six Poets Who Have Asteroids Named for Them
When the first asteroids were discovered, in the early 19th century, most of them were named for female deities. There are not nearly enough female deities to m...
When the first asteroids were discovered, in the early 19th century, most of them were named for female deities. There are not nearly enough female deities to m...
When I die I’d like to be absorbed into the color blue to become the dusty color of a blueberry the blue of Lake Michigan on a sunny day, or the sea aquamarine,...
Vanished into sunlight: That’s what happened to my dead. Not that they dwell in eternal light but that their presence has become diffuse with time. No longer li...
A polar bear, a newborn elephant, 423 poodles A murder of crows A beehive 5 pounds of potatoes, a barrel of pickles, 52 pork chops A birthday cake A sailboat, 7...
In 2011, I visited Paris and blogged about it. This page contains all the posts from that old blog. (Regarding pedestrianism and Paris: In 2018 I sold my car, a...
Note: This was originally posted on my blog Science Word Geek in June 2014. Inspired by the work of Stan Carey at Sentence First, I decided to try my hand at bo...
Note: This was originally posted on my blog The Thinking Meat Project in November 2014. The Human Cycle A gradual awakening, Moments of being, The voyage out in...
Note: This was originally posted in July 2015 on my blog The Thinking Meat Project. What finer way to spend a Saturday morning in summer than browsing the books...
Something flashes through my mind. Dissimilar things reveal their affinity, suggesting hidden potential. I jot down a few words, a line or two— capturing an ide...