While I was gone: Some images, and history, from my trip. (Part I)
Be thankful I'm not pulling out the old Kodak slide carousel.
The Verge
The “Immense Portent”: the Ensisheim Meteorite of 1492.
Even a giant rock that fell from the sky could be politicized in 15th century Europe.
Interiors: Argentine National Library (Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This room has may layers of connections, including to my favorite author, Jorge Luis Borges.
Why it’s been quiet in the Garden lately.
A brief update on where this blog is going and what's happening in my life.
Historic Photo: Neuhauser Strasse in Munich, Bavaria, 1839.
This amazing picture is one of the earliest photographs ever taken in Germany.
Celebrating “The Haunting”: A masterpiece of horror cinema.
Robert Wise's "The Haunting" is perhaps the greatest horror film ever made, undiminished after more than 60 years.
Earthbound starship: The strange fate of the HMS Beagle.
What happened to the famous ship on which Darwin made his epic voyage of discovery?