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Category: History

Brighter Balloons - abstract art in honor of Artemis II mission splashdown by Elizabeth Mullen Matteson
Culture

Orion’s Party Hat

There’s not much to say here that hasn’t been said about Artemis program to – and around– the Moon. Watching, thinking, listening, and conversing about this go-round of…

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026 · 2 min read

David Bowie in SymbolWork format by artist Elizabeth Mullen Matteson
History

Why try bird’s eye?

On the art & science of mapping, and our physical positioning in relationship to the places we depict. Maps may have come about, in part, to verify that…

December 19, 2025December 19, 2025 · 5 min read

Culture

Regress, or Congress?

In 2016, I wrote letters to a number of GOP Senators asking them to hold the line against the destructive tendencies of Trump. It seemed clear that his…

November 4, 2025November 5, 2025 · 9 min read

Map_of_Norwich_(c.1300)_by_Woodward. See Wikimedia commons for more
Culture

Anchors Away

There was a time when women undergoing spiritual transformation could take a vow of stability of place, and hole up – practically – in a cell in a…

October 6, 2025October 6, 2025 · 3 min read

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