Winter (for us Celts, the last day of Winter. Imbolc starts tomorrow, actually this evening.) Waxing Wild Moon Clive Thompson taught me a new word: agnotology. Clive writes a regular column in Wired, one of my favorite magazines. He reports … Continue reading
Winter Waxing Wild Moon Kate’s neck has begun to hurt again. I hope it doesn’t mean the nerve root block has lost its potency, but it might. Where we go after that we don’t know right now. Errands and business … Continue reading
Survey: Americans give cold shoulder to thought of moving to Twin Cities Last update: January 30, 2009 – 5:08 PM While “We Like It Here” has become a badge of honor of sorts for inhabitants of the Twin Cities area, … Continue reading
Winter Waxing Wild Moon I reproduce part of a David Brooks column here because it relates to the humanities thread I began a few posts ago. He seems to counterpoise the liberal education as defined by Harvard against the institutional … Continue reading
Winter Waxing Wolf Moon “Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man’s ability to stop just where he is and pass some time in his own company.” – Seneca Seneca comes … Continue reading
Winter Waxing Wild Moon (a wonderful thin crescent turned upward toward Venus, the bright evening star) Went into Mary Broderick’s retirement party this afternoon. A fine affair with the obligatory good noises and a gracious speech by Mary. It seemed, … Continue reading
Winter New Moon (Wild) The weather here has gone into a stable, cold pattern. Just not very interesting. No storms. No new snow. No new ice. No winds. No warmth. Some way below freezing cold, but been there done that … Continue reading
Winter New Moon (Wild) Life’s pace has once again picked up for me. The Sierra Club work has begun to fill in winter hours, enough so that I realize something will have to be done as the growing season approaches. … Continue reading
Winter New Moon (Wild) Weather now available at 3 sites under Andover Weather + on the right side of this page. “Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen but understanding it for the first … Continue reading
Winter New Moon (Wild) This morning I redid the research documents I create each afternoon for the Sierra Club. I divided them into Minnesota news and Other news. Since I had 6 documents, this means I now have 12. It … Continue reading