Here’s a snippet from Chapter 26 (at the moment – numbers may change as I edit): Lontano wove through the crowd, heedless of toes beneath his shoes or elbows in his face. He got to the corner and spotted Tell’s ginger mop just ahead. Tell’s left arm was draped around the waist of a statuesque…
On this day in Space history, May 19, 2000, the new space shuttle “glass cockpit” made its debut. The old Atlantis cockpit had four cathode-ray tube displays and 32 different gauges and indicators. Replacing these were eleven new flat-panel, full-color display screens. The new technology made it far easier to pilot the shuttle (plus, it…
Science News has a great article about the latest on Mars. According to the latest data, even though pure water just doesn’t last on the surface, brine might last for up to six hours. NASA’s Curiosity and Phoenix landers have found salts known as perchlorates in the soil, which might hint at the possible existence…
May 4-10 is Children’s Book Week. What are some favorite books from your childhood? Here are some of mine: Goodnight Moon is a lovely read-aloud book for small children. The pictures are colorful and full of interesting details. My mother would end each section by asking “Where’s the mouse?” and my sister and I had…