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Tag Archives: earth
1,199,232,000 seconds have passed
Christmas Day full moon. An impressive photo that JB took last night just after we finished dinner. 38 years ago was the last time there was a full moon on Christmas. 13,880 days have passed since that date. 1,199,232,000 seconds … Continue reading
Posted in beauty, moon, photography, poetry, time
Tagged beauty, Christmas Day full moon, earth, eye-blinking, full moon, heart beats, photography, poetry, time
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Glowing bones of an ignored mystery
A spectacular sky this morning on my way to school. The sun had not yet risen. 6:15am. A half crescent moon looking like the x-ray outline of a brilliant white bowl in the dark sky. And beneath it a very … Continue reading
Are we ready for Kepler 186f?
It’s 10% larger, orbits a sun that is about half as strong as ours (receiving about a third of the light we receive from our sun) in about 130 days instead of 365. Yet NASA scientists believe it is closely … Continue reading
Posted in outer space, solar system
Tagged cygnus constellation, earth, goldilocks zone, kepler 186f, life, NASA, outer space, solar system
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Getting our hands dirty
Grades and narratives are done (alright there are two more I need to review before I submit them, but basically I am through). I can now focus on the garden which is sorely in need of some attention. We planted … Continue reading
In the Table: SOILED
SOILED Magazine (see “Shameless Promotion“) had their opening at our “In the Table” gallery. The editor, my son (co-editor), and the art director spent the day putting their artwork and interactive stations together in preparation for the big event. As … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, art, creativity, earth
Tagged allison newmayer, architecture, art, Bee City, chicago institute for land regeneration, creativity, dan weissman, dirt, DIRTea, earth, John Szot, katherine darnstadt, land patty, soiled, stewart hicks
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The singular beauty of an earth turn
On this first day of spring break, JB urged us to go to the Botanic Gardens to watch the sunrise (actually earth turn). This isn’t the first time he has encouraged me to connect with nature outside when everyone else … Continue reading
Posted in earth, nature, photography
Tagged dawn, earth, nature, photography, sun, sunrise
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