After all kinds of events, including simply celebrating Easter, I'm trying to return to a normal schedule of exercise. This led me to the entirely motionless activity of finding beautiful pictures of walkways on the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC website. All pictures are in the public domain. I just want to walk into [...]
Thinking about regret …
This is not about me! What is regret? I’m trying to figure out the ‘exact’ meaning of regret. If you had feelings of regret and they were somehow expunged, what would you feel instead? Google says it is a “complex and painful emotion” that stems from imagining a different outcome of past action — or [...]
Pancake hubris
I have a cycle I go through when cooking. I find a new fun item (such as specialty flours made from heirloom wheat), or a new technique (like sourdough). I learn how to do some simple thing like make a lovely loaf of bread or irresistible pancakes. I do this for a while and then [...]
Great Science Is Our Catholic Heritage
I started writing twenty-seven years ago when a friend asked me to discuss whether good scientists could also be Christian. Her daughter had been told by a high school Biology teacher that this was not possible. Since my father was a pioneer NASA scientist my friend felt that I’d have something to say. This conversation [...]
Absolutely spaced out …
I completely forgot that today was blog day. Have a picture or two.