What do butterflies and octopuses have in common? Magic. Magical cells & jumping genes. A natural ability to transform themselves. Personal alchemy! Oh, don’t we all know about how caterpillars transform into butterflies. Yet the science behind it cannot obscure the magic of it. The actual cells responsible for the transformation of fuzzy creepy-crawly … Read More
Random Musings
Once Upon A Fraud
My mother, in her wisdom, would intone: “Horses sweat, men perspire, women glow.” Give me a bathing suit and point me towards ocean surf. No boards please. That was, still is, my idea of being “active.” But in my mid-twenties, living in Vermont, there was no ocean nearby. I started jogging, and found … Read More
Wandering Eye
I’ve been traveling a bit lately. Did I write that already? My head, heart and vision have been mightily exercised. It was wisteria time in SC when I left: And my lemon tree was blooming, smelling so luscious But I left to go to an art workshop in Vermont… … Read More
Tomato Grace
From a near-by correspondent: This week I have my first ripe heirloom tomato. In march, the unlikely plants emerged from a weed filled box in my greenhouse. They must have grown from seeds I saved last season and in an obviously foolhardy act, like someone buying a lottery ticket, I cast them into … Read More
Fame
Been thinking about fame, actually the concept of “fame.” I’ve never read what others have written about fame, think about it. Have philosophers delved into it? If those “old dead white guys” have, it is certainly not with all the nuances that today’s technological culture brings with it. And brings to media, communications and … Read More