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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Cyclone Martin and Manihiki
Periodically, and tonight was one of those times, I search online for the survivors of the 1997 Cyclone Martin which devastated Manihiki. I lived in Manihiki in 1991 and I have thought about the people there many times over the … Continue reading
Outsourcing our Memory
I’ve been editing some journals lately and I am often struck by how little I remember about events that theoretically happened in my own life. I wonder at my own reports of meeting what sound like wonderful people and having … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Peoples, Culture, Editing, Journaling, Literary Theory, Social Media, Writing
Tagged blog, blogging, Descartes, Jacques Lacan, Outsourcing memory, Story, whimsey
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The Khoisan People and their History
It seems incredible to me that we have an ancient lineage of people existing today. That means that while the rest of the world was happily breeding with whomever, the Khoisan went their own way. In order to find a … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Peoples, Culture, History
Tagged Ancient Lineage, Beowulf, Black Sea Flooding, Grendel, Khoisan, La Gomera, Neanderthal, Noah's Ark, The Flood, Whistle Language
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The Stars of the Herschels and the Books of our Library
I was thinking of Caroline and William Herschel tonight, counting the many thousands of visible stars, not once being daunted by the enormous task. For most people in the cities, who only hear about the stars by report, or see … Continue reading
Posted in Astronomy, Culture, Teaching
Tagged Caroline Herschel, Escapism, Examined Life, Milky Way, Purpose of Life, Reading, Star Gazing, Teaching, The Library, William Herschel
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