kitties, mooses, noses and dwarves-astronomers are people-pt III

The last two astronomers I’m going to expound upon have a book written about them entitled Tycho and Kepler: The Unlikely Partnership that Forever Changed our Understanding of the Heavens. It’s written by a woman named Kitty Ferguson. (I love that name…Kitty Ferguson…what a terrific marriage of whimsy and pragmatism!) Usually I find historical non-fiction [...]

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astronomers are people too-part one.

Columbus Day is rapidly approaching. I know that, because two of my sisters were born on Columbus Day. And one nephew too. One of my sisters, whose birthday is rapidly approaching, got me a present for my birthday (which is in April) and even if she didn’t mail me my present yet, she got me [...]

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follicular phase showdown…Bisphenol-A, meet me at dawn.

(photo by Chris Jordan found at www.treehugger.com) What follows will reveal a few things that are going on inside my body (and possibly yours as well). If you are squeamish about innerbody goings on, then perhaps this isn’t the posting for you… I just had an appointment with my naturopath and found out that I [...]

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I am a watermelon head full of seeds.

(Watermelon Monster from the Buson YŌkai Emaki-1754) We see nature around us, and we see also that man enters into his physical existence through the forces of this same nature. We know through our study of Spiritual Science that we do not rightly regard nature if we only pay attention to its external physical features. [...]

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see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil

If a tree falls in the woods, but there is nobody there to hear it, does it make a sound? When I was younger and I heard this riddle, I thought it was a pile of crap. Of course it makes a sound! You don’t have to be there to hear it! Then I taught [...]

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nuclear power is not the devil. maybe.

(photo courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) In the book Dreaming the Future, Clifford Pickover describes a few themes recorded during several future life progressions (as opposed to past life regressions): 21st Century-World peace is attained and lasts three thousand years. Hunger, greed and prejudice are reduced. 22nd Century-Solar power is part of daily life. [...]

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john dee: divination extraordinaire.

Once, when I was a kid, somebody told me about the fight between creationists and evolutionaryists. I looked up some information in my red Encyclopedia Britanica. I couldn’t figure out who was right. So I asked my mom, who usually knew the answers. She said both were right. Both. Can you believe it? Two totally [...]

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isaac newton was a sinner.

Once recently, a friend mentioned offhandedly that she was trying to stop talking about people behind their backs. I thought to myself, wow! that’s neat! I wonder how she’ll do? It didn’t really occur to me until about an hour later, when I noticed myself talking about somebody behind his back, that perhaps I should [...]

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