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(Mary Jo Atkins Barnett, December 1964, Dilley, Texas; gone 28 years today)   THE COURAGE THAT MY MOTHER HAD The courage that my...

(Messier 8, known as the Lagoon Nebula, is a stellar nursery which lies about 4000–5000 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius...

Graphic by Adam Nieman / Photo Researchers, Inc From Cool Infographics : Global water and air volume. Conceptual computer artwork of the...

(Edna St. Vincent Millay passport photo, 1920) When I was fourteen, I read this in my English text during class and to my intense embarrass...

(Gas Pillars in the Eagle Nebula [M16]: Pillars of Creation in a Star-Forming Region. Click on image to enlarge.) Every Thursday, I post a ...

(Planetary nebula designated NGC 2818, which lies in the southern constellation of Pyxis. Click on image to enlarge.) I'm adding anoth...

Writer's Almanac informs us that today is the birthday of Edna St. Vincent Millay -- Vincent, as her friends knew her. She was the firs...

(Authenticated Emily Dickinson daguerrotype circa 1846 and likely newly-discovered Emily Dickinson photo circa 1856) Emily Elizabeth Dicki...

(Two Jungalas at Warlukurla by Clifford Possum Japaltjarri) Octavio Paz once said that with regard to death, a Mejicano "...chases a...