I’ve been doing research for one of my fiction stories and came across this article in the process. https://www.fashionroundtable.co.uk/news/why-skills-are-more-important-than-ever The author of this article visits a ‘mill’ in Wales. This mill does not grind wheat; it is a place for weaving cloth out of sheep fleece, with all the steps that that implies. The article [...]
Astronomer, geologist, cartographer, agriculturist, missionary, warrior for justice …
This guy was born in the south Tyrolean Alps in 1645 in Segno. His brilliance was recognized early and he was sent to school. When he was fifteen his father died. His family liquidated their land to keep him in school. (He had three sisters and no brothers so his sisters were probably taken care [...]
What day is this?
I slept in four different places over the course of sixteen days. That's going to be my excuse for not figuring out what day it is and whether I've put up a post. Also, WordPress has done something to me, so that I have to reset the font every single time I start a new [...]
Memorial Day
Over the weekend Tony and I went camping at New Germany State Park in Western Maryland. Saturday night there was a talk by the ranger about a B52 bomber that crashed there in 1964. It was one of twelve planes that was constantly aloft in the 1960s, carrying two nuclear bombs. The pilots had sealed [...]
Eclipses
On October 14, 2023, there will be an annular eclipse of the sun which can be seen in the Western US. The following spring on April 8, 2024, there will be another eclipse visible in the east. NASA did a remarkable map. I can't get it large enough on this blog, but here's a URL [...]
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