Think about the last movie you watched or book you read where you said to yourself: 'I want to live there.'
When we were small wonder | wander | women, we often pretended to be space knights or Bene Gesserit. Harry Potter or Game of Thrones seem so magnetic because the creators are masters of world-building. But how does someone build a world that doesn't exist?
Marianne North (24 October 1830 – 30 August 1890) was a prolific English Victorian biologist and botanical artist known for her plant and landscape paintings, her extensive foreign travels, her writings, and her plant discoveries.
Russia is in the news again. This time not just for the Trump-Putin connection. But for a more global matter than even that. Scientists have found that Earth’s magnetic north has been moving towards Siberia (Russia) approximately 55 kilometers in the last few years.
This speed experts say is much faster than what they had previously estimated. Strangely, scientists still don’t know why. The magnetic field of our planet has been found to constantly change, and scientists estimate that every 300,000 years or so the poles may even flip.
According to scientific data the last time this happened was some 780,000 years ago, which has led some experts to believe that our planet is overdue for another flip.
In fact, scientists have reported that the changes have been so significant, they had to begin working on an emergency update for the World Magnetic Model (WMM) - what gives compasses the means to navigate north.
This Lunar New Year starts from February 5th, 2019 and ends on January 24th, 2020. This year of the boar brings ends a full Chinese calendar cycle through all twelve astrological houses. Time to reflect on how the past eleven years have unfolded for us. What is in store for us this 2019? Kung Hei Fat Choi!
It will be a supermoon too - with the moon much closer to Earth and appearing slightly bigger and brighter than usual. The whole eclipse starts Sunday night or early Monday, depending on location , and will take about three hours. It will be visible in North and South America, as well as Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden, Portugal and the French and Spanish coasts. The rest of Europe, as well as Africa, will have partial viewing before the moon sets. May the skies be clear wherever you are - happy viewing and howl away!
Last night I dragged a beloved long time friend to the Shen Yun performance at Lincoln Center in NYC. Even if it was one of the coldest and blustery nights this winter we were determined to have a blast. Which we did - contrary to how the evening unfolded.
Shen Yun theatrical poster
I was fueled by memories of the Chinese acrobatic circus performances that would come to our little backwater island town. Regaling us with fireworks, Shaolin martial arts, agile performers, and exotic dancers garbed in diaphanous silk ensembles.
We would sit for a few hours mesmerized by escalating feats of balance.
