A World of Speculation

Kontakion anyone?

You can find everything on the Internet.Prove it. How about the structural specifications of an obscure form of poetry in wide use in the Byzantine Empire from the early sixth century through the late seventh century, when it dropped out of sight except for a few...

Treasures of the sea

Found on the beach near Rockaway, Oregon, yesterday an apparent alien invasion — a little blue sailboat with a gossamer sail, beached on the sand by the thousands. They looked like toys, their bodies so blue that they seemed like plastic and their sails clear as...

Mt. St. Helens

Mt-St-Helens Originally uploaded by janbear. It might have been a better photo, but I was across the Columbia River and shooting through a window screen, so it might also have been worse.

Notes from Ashland

Revisionist historians say that the reputation of Richard III was written by his enemies, and Shakespeare’s tragic character study begins with the received history of a conscienceless murderer whose death leaves everyone better off. Given all that, the Oregon...