Teeny Tiny Mantras
Today is Patti Smith.
Patti Smith - Horses (full studio version) (by Twentysixbillion)
Kind of stuck on this song.
Elvis Costello, “When It Sings” (by Iain Halliday)
may my heart always be open to little birds
who are the secrets of living… (by ee cummings)(photo by catene)
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science Archive
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Constructing immortality
Posted on July 8, 2011 | 2 CommentsI have become an aficionado of science documentaries; a connoisseur of Cosmos, a knower of Nova and a devotee of the Discovery Channel. Because space remains the iron core of... -
I guess I picked the wrong night to fall asleep at nine
Posted on May 2, 2011 | 3 CommentsMy mom broke into bedtime last night to deliver “good news and bad news” to me. Apparently we are descendants of early U.S. settler Richard Treat, which means that we... -
Taxdog
Posted on April 17, 2011 | No CommentsArrow came along about one year before my son did. A rescue puppy, he’s always been a bit troubled, and a regular pain in the butt. Since we only know... -
The re-education of a science mom
Posted on April 11, 2011 | 6 CommentsThe other day, my son was asked to draw a picture of something he is grateful for. He made semi-scribbly, red twisty lines. Above them, he wrote “DNA.” I asked... -
Plant an alveolus for Earth Day
Posted on April 16, 2010 | 6 CommentsWe visited with some fine local women and children yesterday after recovering from the news that we didn’t hit the lottery for any of the urban magnet kindergartens that we... -
Team WhyMommy Virtual Science Fair
Posted on April 7, 2010 | 3 CommentsKnown to the blogging world as WhyMommy, Susan Niebur is an astrophysicist, a mother to two young boys, an advocate for cancer education and research, and a survivor. Since 2007,... -
Interview at Mama Joules’ place
Posted on January 5, 2010 | 1 CommentIf you are looking for ideas about how to engage children with science, Mama Joules has got resources and fresh ideas about everything from physics to geology to gardening. I... -
It’s my 500th post! Let’s talk about death…
Posted on September 25, 2009 | 2 Comments“Why are these big rocks covering them?” he asked me, as though someone had put the gravestone there to hold my grandparents under the earth. “They help you and I... -
Does Brian Williams live in our world?
Posted on September 10, 2009 | No CommentsThe last few weeks of no camp and parental work scrambling and no preschool have led to far more television consumption in this house than I would like to admit.... -
The Carnival of Space #81
Posted on November 27, 2008 | 5 CommentsHappy Thanksgiving and welcome to the Carnival of Space! It’s fitting that Tiny Mantras was given the chance to host this weekly collection of cosmological articles on this holiday, because...
