Cartoon – Big Plans
Author: Antarctica Journal
Footprints on the Moon
“Never tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.”
Read moreWhy There’s a Skyscraper in the Amazon
The $9 billion, 1,000-ft. (305 m) Amazonian Tall Tower Observatory—now the tallest structure in South America—recently entered the final stages of construction. It will be inaugurated in August and fully operational by 2017. Here’s what Brazil and Germany, which co-funded the project, are hoping it will accomplish: Gather data The tower’s height and state-of-the- art instruments will enable scientists to […]
Read moreCartoon – Battle of The Therapists
Eleanor Roosevelt – Use Your Heart
“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Read moreJeanette Winterson Quote – After Every Victory
“After every “victory” you have more enemies.” – Jeanette Winterson
Read morePoem – Speakfeel (By David Russell)
Speakfeel Razor branches, pointed-forked roots stretch centrifugal jabs against middle surface Sources swallowed in the lightless void Cancelled fugitives incubated in pure motion, rejecting sides, all allowed Only restored through leaves and petals avid for translucency Shining to meet the beak and proboscis, clumsy, assured Seaweed swelters for the dark answer, shimmering clasps from knuckle-protectors, Ricocheting nadir curls of […]
Read moreCarl Sandburg Quote – Discover Creative Solitude
“One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.” – Carl Sandburg
Read morePoem – It’s Snowing in Manila (By Karlo Sevilla)
It’s Snowing in Manila “The snow is always falling in ‘Fargo,’ cloaking the world in metaphysical confusion.” – Jessica Zafra The militant chided the child for singing “White Christmas” when the longest Christmas season isn’t white, in the absence of snow in these parts. (The movement would not give its imprimatur.) But it gets almost-white cold up in Baguio City. But […]
Read moreBehind Your Holiday Sweet Potato Dish, Hard Work In The Fields
There’s an oil painting on one wall in the cluttered room that serves as central headquarters of Burch Farms, a large vegetable grower in Faison, N.C. The painting shows an African-American couple, the woman in a long, plain dress, the man in a homespun shirt. They’re digging sweet potatoes with their bare hands and an old-fashioned hoe. Jimmy Burch Sr., […]
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