Rabbit & Bear
tarashannonwrites.com I live in the middle of nowhere Ontario where my closest neighbors are buffalo. No, really! Surrounded by my family, both furry and non-furry :) I live out my days testing recipes and trying…
The Art of Remembrance
Memento Mori Mausoleums www.Mementomorimausoleums.com Tracy Conway worked as a stage hand and roadie until the pandemic hit. She reinvented herself making mausoleums, urns, planchettes and other tokens. Tracy L. Conway is a classically trained woodworker, a…
The oldest known star chart
This sky chart is from a star atlas was found among 40,000 other manuscripts sealed in a Buddhist Mogao cave in Dunhuang on the Chinese Silk road. The charts, drawn on a 3.9 meter long scroll…
Star Taker
The word Astrolabe translates to “Star-taker” and traces back to the Greek words astron “star” and lambanein “to take.” These instruments are used to measure the altitude above the horizon of a celestial body, identify stars…
One Circle More
Is the spiral the shape of life? From our DNA to galaxies, spirals permeate nature at every level. Spirals are found in algae, flowers, pine cones, shells, vines. Nature often moves in spirals — draining water,…
Hear Me While You Can
CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL Fighting to protect nature for people Nature is life: Every breath you take, every drop you drink, every bite you eat — it all comes from nature. And by storing climate-warming carbon, ecosystems like…
Wild Man Wyman
The colossal statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee towered imperiously over New Orleans unchallenged for 133 years. As if from an alternate reality in which the CSA won the war, the 16-ft. bronze venerated Lee, arms…
The Neutral Ground
The Neutral Ground documents New Orleans’ fight over monuments and America’s troubled romance with the Lost Cause. In 2015, director CJ Hunt was filming the New Orleans City Council’s vote to remove four confederate monuments. But…