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Month: June 2020

Happy Summer Solstice

June 22, 2020 / 3 Comments
Carl Kruse Blog - Summer Solstice

Those who follow my blog know I love to celebrate the seasons, much as humanity has celebrated seasons since time immemorial.  I always try to get an ode in to the season du jour, be it fall, winter, spring or summer, and revel in the ebb and flow of nature, perhaps more introspectively during fall, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Celebrations, Seasons, Summer Tagged: summer solstice, The changing seasons

Columbus Beheaded

June 12, 2020 / 7 Comments

In the midst of the cultural brouhaha I wrote a recent article on whether to honor Confederate generals (we should not), but today received an image of a decapitated Christopher Columbus that hit closer home.  As someone who grew up in Puerto Rico, an island Columbus landed on, whose first governor was Juan Ponce de … [Read more…]

Posted in: Statues And Memorials Tagged: Colombus, Confederate Monuments, Cultural Wars, History, Honoring The Past, Statues

The Voyager Golden Records

June 1, 2020 / 10 Comments

by Carl Kruse Peering at the stars many of us wonder if anyone else is out there. At least I wonder and assume everyone does as well. And in the vastness of space someone else is likely looking back, wondering the same. And if not what a waste of space. Even if the probability of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Rosetta@Home, Science, SETI, Space Exploration, Voyager Tagged: Discovery, Science, Voyager Golden Records, Voyager probes

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