Constellation sets sail
Ahoy, mateys. This week we be writing about a mighty constellational ship and its various constituent parts. Those parts include Puppis, the Poop, which...
Plants need to breathe
Plants breathe through their roots. If there’s a piece of knowledge that separates “green thumb” gardeners from the rest of us, it’s that one...
Celebrate obscure holidays, come on!
Happy Leap Day! We love celebrating obscure holidays at the Delaware County District Library.For example, you might walk in to a branch, see people...
Cheaters never prosper
“For a journeyman pitcher a disastrous inning, such as what took place in Houston on August 4th, could and did prove to be the...
Stalking the elusive unicorn
As I stared upward at the winter constellations recently, I thought about the marvelous device that allowed me to do so.When it comes to...
Power to quarantine exists
“It is necessity which makes laws, and force which makes them observed.”— Voltaire, “Des Lois,” Dictionaire Philisophique, 1764“In this world you’ve just got to...
Take time to share good news
It all started on the first day of 2020. I received an e-mail from Mary Rose, and she had listed three things that were...
Closer look at Proxima’s planets
Our sun is a star, by some measures an average one.Old Sol, as our daystar is sometimes called, has reached a nice, respectable middle...
Mid-winter walk at Stratford
Farmers are always aware of the weather, as are volunteers at Stratford Ecological Center on Liberty Road. After 10 record-breaking days of continuously grey...
What makes stars twinkle?
Tom was up all last night obsessively watching the weather channel on TV and praying for clear skies, so he’s too tired to write...
