Would you venture in anyway? Would I face a lethal jellyfish - with eyes? Scrolling through recent jellyfish news I came across some interesting articles. Beware these so-called “blobs.” One article was from West Australia about large numbers of box jellies washed up on the beach. I have occasionally seen various species of jellyfish on [...]
We humans are so smug. We consider lowly invertebrates primitive. We think we’re smart and can outlast hard times better than animals can in the wild by using our wits and engineering skills, which I admit are impressive. We figured out how to outdo Nature and switch our sex to become what we call [...]
The gallery in this post features strong pieces of art, masterfully done, that make the case that jellyfish proliferation affects all of us and has filtered to art, as important issues always do.
I’m knee deep in being an author and finishing up my second book on personal essays in a memoir form. What an experience to confront one’s identity and revisit one’s life – childhood, passions, dreams, efforts, disappointments – from a new perspective. Stayed tuned for this book; it’s coming. Such personal reflections bring home the [...]
A Valentine’s Story: The triumph of cosmic love Cloudlets are magnificent specimens with a subtle blend of iridescent colors populating planet Codlet in a distant galaxy. They are a beautiful sight to behold as they float gracefully in the atmosphere. Cloudlets are able to synthesize complex thoughts unhindered by (almost all) [...]
'Like messengers rising from the depths, they propelled themselves through the water effortlessly.' Many years ago I asked my father after I heard him play the Dvorak cello concerto if he ever got bored playing the same composition so often. “No,” he said, “because every time I play it, I learn something [...]
