All Quiet on the Western Front: An Archaeology of Inishark, Co. Galway
RE: Worldbuilding – can sci-fi help build a better world?
Originally posted on Damien Walter:
Science shows us how the world is built. Can science fiction help us build a better world? Follow @damiengwalter on Twitter The Blue Marble Astronaut Jack Schmitt released the shutter on the 70 millimeter Hasselblad camera at 5:39 AM on 7th December 1972. The Apollo 17 mission to the moon…
Family Trees and the History of Family History
Originally posted on medievalfragments:
By Jenny Weston This post was originally inspired by a recent revelation that one of my ancestors may have lived in Leiden in the early 1600s. A particularly unexpected find — given the fact that my family is from the West Coast of Canada (over 7000 km from Leiden) — it was a…
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple’s sapphire-covered ‘iWatch’ to enter mass production in November
Self Kindness – 23 and 1/2 hours: What is the Single Best Thing we can do for our Health?
Originally posted on Kindness Blog:
A Doctor-Professor answers the old question “What is the single best thing we can do for our health” in a completely new way. Dr. Mike Evans is founder of the Health Design Lab at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health at…
WHITE FLOWERS ON THE RIVERBANK
Originally posted on SERENDIPITY – SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH:
Today I’ll be at the hospital all day undergoing tests to see how my heart is doing. I will keep in my mind images from a dreamy afternoon on the bank of a river. Where white wildflowers grow and birch trees arch over the water.
Buoyant
Cast Light “Recognize the possibility of the divine in any given moment.” – Dani Shapiro “I awoke only to see the rest of the world was still asleep.” – Leonardo da Vinci A sunset breaking through the paint brushed clouds and resting on the sleeping water show us how to return to our true north, our center. The sun…
Seeds of Courage
Originally posted on Source of Inspiration:
What is it that gives one the courage to overcome what would daunt the strongest man? To not only accept what life has thrown them but to use it to excel? Birth defects, loss of limb blindness, poverty, war grave illness all become the impetus to push forward refusing…
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