by Jan Bear | Aug 17, 2005 | Uncategorized
I want to tell you about another speculation I had, about Transfiguration. The problem is, it starts with a metaphor and ends with “What if” and meanders through time, literature, heaven and earth and the Communion of the Saints to arrive at the meeting of...
by Jan Bear | Aug 9, 2005 | Uncategorized
I’ve been assigned to read The Da Vinci Code for an upcoming writers’ workshop. Fortunately, I’ve already read it and don’t intend to inflict it on myself again. But curious conjunctions bring out even curiouser connections. The Code was in...
by Jan Bear | Jul 22, 2005 | Uncategorized
KMHD radio (pronounced “Kaymaichdee” for those outside the area) is a regional treasure. It’s part of Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, and its 24-hour jazz programming is something you wouldn’t expect in a market our size —...
by Jan Bear | Jul 13, 2005 | Uncategorized
So I promoted my little jellyfish discovery to the Tangled Bank science carnival and discovered that the host of the carnival is a Technogypsy and Orthoblogger.This carnival is my first real look at the science bloggers (I’m thoroughly outclassed here, believe...
by Jan Bear | Jun 27, 2005 | Uncategorized
Where else can I go to a picnic and find myself in a conversation with four other people about the Battle of Thermopylae, and at least two of them know something about it, and the rest are not rolling their eyes and trying to escape? (University classics departments...
by Jan Bear | Jun 26, 2005 | Uncategorized
Life had taken on a strange richness since Mr. Peabody had sidled like a terrified crab into his study, had lifted the thin gold shell of his watch and shown him the hidden watch cock. Until now life for him had meant the aridity of earthly duty and the dews of God....