July is the seventh month of the year, our year being 2020. We have arrived two days late to greet the new month when we are usually two days early. This year has become a stream of troubled waters for many friends and family as we navigate our way to Read more…
It’s not about you! We often wonder how did our current situation become what it is. How did we get here? What am I talking about? Fascism, Nazism, Oligarchism, Anti-Feminism, Anti-Race, Anti-Poor, Anti-Children, Anti-Women, Anti-Civil-Rights, Anti-Constitution, Anti-Science, Anti-Education, to name a few. After studying each one of these maladies that Read more…
These are my views on race and evolution. Every cell of every living being carries the imprint of all the other living beings that ever existed. When we bite into an apple we are taking into our bodies centuries of components that came together to create and feed and grow Read more…
We inched ourselves into the world unknowing what we would find and how to get around. But what is life but an adventure. This baby blog is like all babies, very demanding, unpredictable but full of the joy of life. Recently we went quiet, mourning the events that surrounds us. Read more…
The preservation of each species is dependent of many events taking place but let’s skip directly to copulation necessary to perpetuate each species. In order for the opposite sexes of birds, bees, human, fish, reptiles to happen the want and wanted factor needs to take place. My question is: “Does Read more…
“Who Do We Call When The Murderer Wears A Badge?” The little girl holding up the sign asking this question struck me as the most important question that needs to be answered in today’s world. We have witnessed, repeatedly, how police brutality is murdering fellow citizens in plain sight. The Read more…
Nine dog’s have rescued me throughout my life. The first time was a thundering day and as I drove down Balderioty de Castro Avenue my eyes caught the terrified glimpse of a dog in the middle of six lanes. If she moved, she died and she knew it. My mind Read more…
As a child. about five years of age, I informed my father that I liked animals more than people. He promptly told me that was wrong. The Earth has circled the Sun many, many times since my brief declaration of animal love to my father. Nothing has changed. My feelings Read more…
Capricorn Science bids the month of May a beautiful and grateful farewell as we welcome June into our lives. June is a glorious month that celebrates pearls and roses, has the longest daylight hours in the northern hemisphere and the shortest daylight hours in the southern hemisphere. How cool is Read more…
Since I was a child I’ve been fascinated by Geisha’s. No reason in particular. No one in my family shared this interest nor was it ever mentioned. I must have seen an image somewhere and it clicked and this sense of knowing has remained with me my entire life. One Read more…
We are honored to unveil the presidential painting of our beloved President Obama. Seldom had such wisdom and humility sat in one chair and we welcome his image like we welcome fresh air. Let the world continue in its process. In the mean time, we have this image to thank Read more…
Writing for this blog has become a thought provoking and wide plus narrow research kind of job. For example, we are living such trying times that I felt the need for an antidote. The word happiness jumped into my mind. Okay, so let’s address the subject of happiness and how Read more…
All of my past homes have felt like second skins to me. Similar to a large blouse. When I was introduced to my present big house, I admired the large spaces and high ceilings, it felt like I was walking around a Tuscan villa. After setting foot on the front Read more…
In honor of the our host, planet Earth and all she provides and puts up with, I will publish four groups of ten pictures sharing the beauty and love of other species, in addition to our own. Enjoy.
The world, as we knew it, and the life that we have lived so far has vanished right before our eyes. Whether you are in denial, or midway to learning this new fact of life, the reality of our situation is here now and taking front seat to everything that Read more…
To see a World in a grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. A Robin Redbreast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage. A dove house fill’d with doves and pigeons Shudders Read more…
Capricorn Science is a baby blog. A toddler that finds enjoyment in discovery and great pleasure in mischief. We are a lifestyle magazine and pride ourselves in our love of life, and desire to uncover the many secrets the universe has to offer. We are deeply attached and in love Read more…
My very first encounter with this technique of gold applied to porcelain was a tea set, not the one above, created by Gorham. Or course, I bought it and this started my collection of gold encrusted porcelain. Finding more pieces made by Gorham has been unsuccessful. But, a company called Read more…
Dragonware has been produced in Japan from the end of the 1800s. They are decorated using Moriage, a style of porcelain decoration that lays beads of porcelain on the item prior to firing, and then painting them later. This creates a raised motif on the item, in this case, a Read more…
“Real isn’t how you are made,”said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you, When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but really loves you, then you become Real” “Does it happen all at once, like being wound up,” the Read more…