My life has up and run away on me again. But luckily I have interesting friends, and when I can’t find the time to write a blog post, sometimes they supply them. Marlene is a friend I’ve met only through email, and I enjoy her thoughts whether random, humorous, or deep. I liked the email she […]
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I liked looking at the young faces best, when I gave my talk at the University of Wisconsin in Barron. Old faces are nice, I suppose, but they are standard, decided, set in their habits like fish swimming back and forth, back and forth, in a tank. Young faces are fluid, like the river. They
I have a sister who used to say about some thought or emotion she felt, “Oh, I don’t want to tell because then it won’t be special anymore.” I think that’s sometimes how it is for a writer. Life always talked about becomes life lived on the surface. Real experiences and nibbles of thought, when
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It’s called Exploring The World of Chemistry: From Ancient Metals to High Speed Computers, by John Hudson Tiner. It tells the story of chemistry’s development. And it’s written with the level of simplicity I need in order to (sorta) understand such complex subjects as alpha particles and spectroscopes and just why it is that inert
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Dear World, You look so big and overwhelming to me right now. Some days I feel like I sit at the very top of you with power to grab and swing you by your tail, toss you over my shoulder, and ride. Other days I just want to sit very small, cold, and white in
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