Thursday, February 18, 2021

Geosonnet 66

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A Solo smuggler must hide his freight. Hidden compartments store his shady wares. So when a mineral conceals hydrate There must be secret st...
Friday, December 04, 2020

Manhattanhenge, Milankovitch, and Mystical Miscalculations

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  Last weekend was the reverse Manhattanhenge in New York City. In order to explain what this is, I must first explain the Manhattanhenge, a...
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Sunday, October 25, 2020

A Crisis of Accountability

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“With great power comes great responsibility”   In 2002, when this was the tag line for a superhero movie, it was an obvious to everyon...
Wednesday, October 07, 2020

Henry VI, part one: The Joan of Arc cut

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William Shakespeare’s history plays Henry V and Richard III are two of his, and English-speaking Theatre's, greatest plays. They are als...
Sunday, September 20, 2020

Geosonnet 65

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Speed dating is a scattershot affair Which blasts the hearts of river zircon grains No magic mirror can discern the fair And youngest zircon...
Sunday, March 08, 2020

Book Review: Illegal, by Prof Elizabeth F Cohen

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      The knock on the door came well before dawn in the eighties, and our train had stopped dead in utter darkness. It was a sleeper tra...
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Geosonnet 64

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When Perseus, Medusa’s head in hand, Returned triumphant from the Gorgon’s isle, He sold himself as hero of the land, No stony witne...
Thursday, February 06, 2020

Geosonnet 63

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  The Tragomys, like Creagh a desert rat, Evolving on the hamster wheel of time Scampered across the desert habitat Of arid climate...