Cartoon – Self Absorbed Paper Towel
Author: Antarctica Journal
Pope Francis Quote – Sacrament of Reconciliation
“In this Sacrament [Reconciliation] you are freed from sin and from its ugly companion which is shame. Your burdens are lifted and you experience the joy of new life in Christ.” – Pope Francis
Read moreQuote – Uncovering your true potential
“To uncover your true potential you must first find your own limits and then you have to have the courage to blow past them.” Picabo Street
Read morePoem – A Bit of News Not Fake (By Donal Mahoney)
A Bit of News Not Fake An article in the paper reports something one doesn’t see happen in America very often. Eighty billionaires, millionaires and others close to that level in New York have written to their lawmakers and governor asking to have their taxes raised. They want to support schools, build roads and bridges, and help the poor […]
Read moreCartoon – The Scenic Route
André Gide Quote – Everything Must Be Said Again
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But, since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” – André Gide
Read moreSeparated at birth
Bao Lulin was always being mistaken for someone else. People would approach her at the restaurant where she worked in Guizho, China, asking why she didn’t recognize them. This October she discovered why: Lulin had an identical twin sister from whom she’d been separated at birth; she was living hundreds of miles away. Each had been adopted and raised with no […]
Read morePoem – Twenty Signs (By Rony Nair)
“You swirl and take the strait past You swing those hips of yours Your eyes they hardly break a glimpse As you kiss with all you’ve got. You turn around to go one away Your hands they’re still on mine Your eyes look away with that glazed holdout Your hands are still on mine. You tell me never […]
Read morePoem – At Last (By Michael H. Brownstein)
AT LAST The simple lies so easy not to tell, One hell of ice. A Hall of Fame for those not nice, The predator of life. One cannot hold a flame bare in their hands, But one can help blisters grow And lick their bloody scabs raw. I know. On the table near the thumbs and eyes, Fresh pressed buttons, […]
Read moreAntarctic ice sheet is more vulnerable to carbon dioxide than expected
Results from a new climate reconstruction of how Antarctica’s ice sheets responded during the last period when atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) reached levels like those expected to occur in about 30 years, plus sediment core findings reported in a companion paper, suggest that the ice sheets are more vulnerable to rising atmospheric CO2 than previously thought. Details appear in two […]
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