The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars. Dava Sobel. Viking. 2016. The ladies in question started working at Harvard Observatory in the late 1800’s and some of them continued their work until the 1930’s and 1940’s. These women were not students at Harvard; they were employees [...]
Elizabeth Goudge, writer
What do you do when a book, written by an author you’ve read avidly in the past, but which you’ve never heard of before, comes to your attention? You run out and hunt it down. And then, maybe, you think there’s a reason why you never heard of it … Last week, Henrietta’s House by [...]
Books and a Shenandoah Festival
Breaking news! At the end of September I am going to the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival in Berryville, Virginia. https://www.shenandoahvalleyfiberfestival.com/home2024/ I’ve been invited to bring copies of my book, Jessamyn’s Yarn, and do a book signing. I’ll be there Saturday, September 28. This is not quite as random as it sounds. My cover artist is [...]
Old time illustrations
A week or two ago I mentioned reading Pride and Prejudice on Project Gutenberg. The particular edition that was up on that site had adorable illustrations and illuminated capitals done by an artist named Hugh Thomson. I went looking and discovered that Thomson had illustrated several other books, including one called Highways and Byways in [...]
Catholic scientists, a list of women
I started working on lists of Catholic scientists twenty-five years ago. My father, a Catholic scientist himself, had commented for years on people who shared that faith. The worldly belief that you can't be both was strong, even sixty years ago. In 2016 a Society of Catholic Scientists was founded. I had heard of it [...]
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