Rabbit Trails
Articles and Essays about subjects of interest.
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Two things have resurfaced this week as a glaring dichotomy in science. Neither are new. Of course time, or our perception of it, is relative, so I will say they are relatively new. Newer, say, than Darwin’s “The Origin of Species,” but for one of them, no less foolish. The first comes out of quantum
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The organ, as a musical instrument, has been around in one form or another, since the third century BC, but it wasn’t until medieval times that the instrument began to be used by the church, being installed in cathedrals such as Winchester and Notre Dam. During the Renaissance, the instrument evolved into a masterpiece of
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Like some ancient languages, there are certain art forms that are on the endangered list. They include forms like script illumination and puppetry. In the case of “fore-edge painting”, the art is being reborn in young artists like Maisie Matilda.Fore-edge painting dates back to the tenth century AD, five-hundred years before the invention of the
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“The Oubliette” is a compelling tale of the dark forces that have, from the beginning of time, doggedly shaped our world by their influence on the minds of men. It is the powerful story of one man’s confrontation with an imprisoned angel whose rebellion has been especially offensive to God. It is a fictional account
B. James Wilson 