I’m pretty sure the groundhog lied to us. Whether it is truth or lie, the story goes like this. We have a secret agent who tells us the late winter weather forecast each year. His name is Punxsutawney Phil, and…
Are you tired of winter? I am. We’re having crazy weather. It’s too warm, or too cold, and both we and the environment in general seem confused. It’s February and I see some trees starting to bud–which is perhaps a…
Last Week Merope, This Week Sisyphus If an ars poetica is a meditation on the art of poetry, then ars decipio is a meditation on the art of deception. Deception was Sisyphus’ great skill. Sometimes with flair, sometimes an elegant…
Merope, Again, With Feeling You probably remember that Merope (rhymes with therapy) was the wife of Sisyphus (rhymes with devious…ok, not quite). Sisyphus is the guy pushing the rock up the hill in hell endlessly, only to have it come…
Venus, the planet, named after Venus, Roman goddess of love Seen from a distance, Venus looks mysterious. Brightest object in in the night sky, barring the moon. Colorful, swirling layers of clouds made scientists think it was another, nearly earth-like…
