Category Archives: To the Best of My Knowledge

The Nature of the Mundane Part 3. Darwin and I Take a Walk

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Liza Blue

I recently took a walk alongside a herd of big-horned sheep in the Rio Grande valley north of Santa Fe, where I couldn’t help but notice tiny fecal pellets scattered all along the trail.  How could such an enormous animal … Continue reading →

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Podcast: The Elegance of the Hexagon

Posted on July 28, 2019 by Liza Blue

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Open Letter to Stephen Hawking

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Liza Blue

There is one thing humans have relied on, well beyond the standard cliché of death and taxes.  It is the universal standard of a second as an enduring constant across cultures and time.  Some extremist with a jittery trigger finger … Continue reading →

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Playing Catch-Up with the Bible

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Liza Blue

The other evening Nick and I were half-watching a Stanley Cup playoff game involving the Boston Bruins.  At one point the camera panned the rafters displaying the banners honoring Bobby Orr, and Nick commented, “Wow, Bobby Orr only played for … Continue reading →

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Truth, Dissembling and Lying and the Wisdom to Know the Difference

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Liza Blue

Truth, Dissembling, Lying and the Wisdom to Know the Difference Ever since I put my first shiny nickel into my pocket, walked into Woolworth’s and bought my first bag of M&Ms, I have been comfortably ensconced in the predictable world … Continue reading →

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Things That I Have Given Up Trying to Understand

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Liza Blue

Rattling around in the back of my mind, organized into two categories, are lists of things that I just don’t understand.  One list consists of diverse items that I have accepted as enduring mysteries beyond my comprehension.  Electricity, for example … Continue reading →

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Emma and I Share a Few Moments

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Liza Blue

I am a member of the baby boomer generation where TV has been a steady presence since Day 1.  Thousands of black and white images must have flickered across my retina in the early sixties, imparting who knows what subliminal … Continue reading →

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A Horse of Course

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Liza Blue

I have a pretty clear memory of when I first heard the story.  It was about 40 years ago, and I was sitting in the college dining hall.  Since it was the beginning of my freshman year, I was joined … Continue reading →

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Grokking It

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Liza Blue

Grok: to understand so thoroughly that the observer becomes a part of the observed—to merge, blend, intermarry, lose identity in group experience. It means almost everything that we mean by religion, philosophy, and science. ——– Last year’s experience of retaking … Continue reading →

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Shoo Fly

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Liza Blue

My summer vacations have always been spent hiking in the north woods of Michigan.  Both the days and Lake Superior’s waters are crisp and clear, and the only fly in the ointment are literally the flies that occasionally arrive in … Continue reading →

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