Rapid City in South Dakota has a rich diversity of fossil remains. “Back in the day” could reference anywhere from 500 million to 50 million years ago! Cretaceous marine life existed around 75 million years ago, give or take two…
Yearly Archives: 2020
Silk Farm
Cambodia, 2010. At a silk farm. I took a free tour. We started by looking at the mulberry trees that feed the caterpillars. With a centrifuge, they separate the mature cocoons from the leaves. Then they were boiling cocoons and…
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Antaimoro
Madagascar. In Ambalavao, there is a private paper-making business. Their method for making this paper came from the Arabs back in the 9th and 10th centuries. The Arabs had brought some paper on which to print the Koran but they…
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Pu’u Loa Petroglyphs
On the Island of Hawaii, lies the Hawaii Volcano National Park. On over a mile of boardwalk trail, overlooking the shoreline, you can look upon petroglyphs. Hawaiians of old created these pictures by chiseling them into the hardened lava. You…
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Pandemic Prattle
MARINE LIFE. Scientists tell us that marine life is enjoying the quiet brought on by the pandemic. The humans’ shipping industry has slowed to a crawl, making the oceans a more quiet place so that the marine mammals can relax.…
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