Note: Today’s archive selection, from June 11, 2004, highlights the first of a pair of Venus transits of the Sun — we had one in 2004 and one in 2012 — which bear similarities to today’s Mercury transit of the Sun. Link to original. I feel for myself and detect only awareness of my senses: … Read more
I have no doubt that CoVid was here long before the first official case was found. The initial cases in Wuhan were in October and November and there was no shortage of people coming here and traveling to Europe from that area during that time frame. During the last part of 2019 and the early … Read more
IRISH TIMES April 25, 2020 | By Fintan O’Toole Over more than two centuries, the United States has stirred a very wide range of feelings in the rest of the world: love and hatred, fear and hope, envy and contempt, awe and anger. But there is one emotion that has never been directed towards the … Read more
By Cheryl Corson First we grew heirloom tomatoes. Then we joined a CSA. Some of us got chickens or started indoor winter gardens under lights. What’s next? Eating weeds for dinner, that’s what. Urban foraging is so hot that every workshop within 25 miles of Washington, DC is sold out in advance. What is urban … Read more