No longer the stuff of science fiction, researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have successfully rendered three dimensional objects invisible. How does it work? Think about a smooth rock in a river. The water parts when it encounters the rock, flows around it, and then closes up … Read more
How safe are cruises, really? The following are e a few reasons why I don’t take oceangoing cruises: I suffer horribly from seasickness I think I would feel trapped (I’d rather be out backpacking on some mountain or jungle trail) I would hate having to be back to the ship at a certain time, because … Read more
Yesterday I was talking to a friend who’d recently been shopping for new bras. Because she hadn’t been professionally fitted for a number of years, she went to an upscale department store, where the saleswomen are trained to measure for the proper size and shape bra. The saleswoman told my friend that a woman’s bustline, … Read more
I met Kathleen Flinn one evening last October when Sarasota News and Books held an author’s event to promote her new book, “The Sharper Your Knife, The Less you Cry: Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World’s Most Famous Cooking School.” I realize those of you who know me well are astonished that I would … Read more
Is it art? A dance? A play? Perhaps all of the above. My roommate, Joan, emailed this video to me and it is so fascinating that I had to share it. Watch this light and shadow performance of the group known as Pilobolus:
