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Sure. Pull out the ‘flying Dutchman” from your coffers, if you dare. It’s been...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:05:55 -0500

Sure. Pull out the ‘flying Dutchman” from your coffers, if you dare. It’s been known to tame the beastly spirit. There’s something about 3/4 timing that makes ‘em all forget, me too. :)

I hear… it sends some to space.

Oh. Allow me. My family knows I’m known to nurture the...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:07:18 -0500

Oh. Allow me. My family knows I’m known to nurture the underdog.

Here’s the take for me. That tree, or any tree for any matter, represents so many things....

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:59:15 -0500

Here’s the take for me.

That tree, or any tree for any matter, represents so many things. Mainly, growth and history. So many trees last longer than us, humans. Was that not the foundation of our own expressions from Genesis to now? Goodness.

I will forever be grateful to my “away team” to point me to that one tree, to make the connection I needed to understand more. I had no idea then, I do now.

Sooooo much from that point from when I was there, before to now has changed. We drove passed last summer, will Google be the only place that’ll emblaze from wax to gold to THAT multi-memory?

When its bark grows to the hands it touches, will that hand read its roots and new shoots? I was lucky to see my family did.

Get me? Good. Know what? Each and every tree deserves that, here and whoknows..

“This IS Nonsuch!”

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:00 -0500

“This IS Nonsuch!”

proof positive each and every grouped endeavor needs a human...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:13:54 -0500

proof positive each and every grouped endeavor needs a human resources department, and down time

i wonder what it’ll be like when we reach further out

zippalu: Eagle Staff, Sioux, Mandan North Dakota

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:03:01 -0500

zippalu:

Eagle Staff, Sioux, Mandan North Dakota

marcygoomen: At the world premiere of Star Trek: Voyager on...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:58:35 -0500

marcygoomen:

At the world premiere of Star Trek: Voyager on January 10, 1995 at Paramount Pictures, Kate Mulgrew made a special presentation to Dr. Sally K. Ride for her invaluable contributions to space exploration. Mulgrew presented Dr. Ride with an official communicator pin from the set of Star Trek: Voyager so that she could “beam” up whenever she felt the need to.

You will forget many things in life except for one: how someone made you feel, good or bad.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:56:00 -0500

You will forget many things in life except for one: how someone made you feel, good or bad.

todaysdocument: Sally Ride, the first female American astronaut...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:54:11 -0500

[Sally Ride] America's first woman astronaut communitcates with ground controllers from the flight deck during the six day mission of the Challenger. 06/18/1983 - 06/24/1983

The space shuttle orbiter Challenger lifts off from Complex 39A at 7:33 a.m. EDT.

Challenger astronauts attend a press conference upon their return from space…Mission Specialists Dr. Norman Thagard, John Fabian, Dr. Sally Ride; Frederick Hauck, pilot, and Robert Crippen, commander

todaysdocument:

Sally Ride, the first female American astronaut to go into space, blasted off aboard NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger 30 years ago, on June 18, 1983, as a mission specialist for Space Transportation System Mission 7 (STS-7).

"The humanities give us a chance to read across languages and cultural differences in order to..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:52:19 -0500

“The humanities give us a chance to read across languages and cultural differences in order to understand the vast range of perspectives in and on this world. How else can we imagine living together without this ability to see beyond where we are, to find ourselves linked with others we have never directly known, and to understand that, in some abiding and urgent sense, we share a world?”

- Philosopher Judith Butler on the humanities as a tool of empathy (via explore-blog)

Archaeological News: Lost Letters by Catherine the Great, Tchaikovsky Returned to Russia

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:47:13 -0500

Archaeological News: Lost Letters by Catherine the Great, Tchaikovsky Returned to Russia:

archaeologicalnews:

U.S. investigators have recovered and returned historical documents that were stolen two decades ago from Russia’s archives, including letters by Catherine the Great and composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The eight documents, which had been missing since the early 1990s, are among dozens of…

nationalpost: U.S. and Taliban announce formal Afghanistan...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:45:59 -0500

nationalpost:

U.S. and Taliban announce formal Afghanistan peace talks
In a major breakthrough, the Taliban and the U.S. announced Tuesday that they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan as the Islamic militant movement opened an office in Qatar.

American officials with the Obama administration said the office in the Qatari capital of Doha was the first step toward the ultimate U.S.-Afghan goal of a full Taliban renouncement of links with al-Qaida. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record, said U.S. representatives will begin formal meetings with the Taliban at the office in a few days. (MASSOUD HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images)

crookedindifference: Today in 1965, the Titan III-C, the first...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:43:55 -0500

crookedindifference:

Today in 1965, the Titan III-C, the first liquid-fuel spacecraft lifted by solid-fuel rockets, completed its maiden flight.

theparisreview: There is finitude in ice and icy finitudein...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:07:14 -0500

theparisreview:

There is finitude in ice and icy finitude
in public realms. The of-a-pieceness of it. It
maddened me, I wanted life to shatter. Glitter
like jewely fragments so I might admire. Rude
governance was not for me. I loved rage.
Its edges caught the light.

—Richard Lamb, from ““Margaret Trudeau’s ‘Pied Beauty’”
Photography Credit Roy DeCarava

nationalpost: Quebec man turns unfixed pothole in front of his...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:04:31 -0500

nationalpost:

Quebec man turns unfixed pothole in front of his house into garden
When a pothole appeared in front of Stéphan Vigneault’s Gatineau, Que., home, he took it upon himself to fill it with dirt — and then flowers. The Post‘s Kyla Garvey spoke to the guerrilla gardener on Tuesday:

When did you first plant the garden?
Last summer I first planted it with a neighbour at night, filled the pothole. We did it at night so that people walked by in the morning and would be surprised by it. We chose a night without moon, and did it. This year we planted it again two weeks ago.

What did you plant?
We started with flowers, like lilies and geraniums, but also corn. The corn is starting to grow right now. We don’t know if there is enough soil for it to develop. Last year there was a squash plant but there wasn’t much time to develop, so it stayed very small. More (Stéphan Vigneault/Family Photo)

theartofanimation: Matthew DeMino

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:02:58 -0500

theartofanimation:

Matthew DeMino

Archaeological News: Likely Virginia site of complex Indian empire, Pocahontas’ rescue preserved under agreement

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:29 -0500

Archaeological News: Likely Virginia site of complex Indian empire, Pocahontas’ rescue preserved under agreement:

archaeologicalnews:

GLOUCESTER, Va. — A farm field overlooking the York River in Tidewater Virginia is believed to be where Pocahontas interceded with her powerful father Powhatan to rescue English Capt. John Smith from death.

That’s a fanciful footnote for many Virginia Indians, historians and archaeologists,…

mothernaturenetwork: What a grocery store without bees looks...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:58:47 -0500

mothernaturenetwork:

What a grocery store without bees looks like
In an effort to promote awareness about declining bee populations, a market removes all the food that relies on bees from its produce department.

The solutions to all this so so simple it hurts. It hurts that no one can see it. We fight for...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:49:00 -0500

The solutions to all this so so simple it hurts. It hurts that no one can see it. We fight for freedoms, for Gods and countries with empty fists and man-made armories.

Instead. Why not show up to your battle zones with what your Gods and countries natural gave you for survival in the first place — seeds. Glorious fruits and vegetables to eat, share and grow.

You don’t have to own land to do that.

fastcompany: A Turkish performance artist who says he is...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:43:21 -0500

fastcompany:

A Turkish performance artist who says he is “nothing” has become a symbol of Turkish protests. Erdem Gunduz has been dubbed the “Standing Man” after he stood motionless in Taksim Square for eight hours, between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time, when he and other silent protesters were dispersed by the police.

Photo via Twitter, @snyx