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…
I have a little shadow that goes in and out of me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. He is very, very like me from the heels up to his head; And I see him jump before me, when I jump into Read more…
Macbeth: A brave Scottish general named Macbeth receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become king of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders King Duncan and takes the Scottish throne for himself. He is then wracked with Read more…
“I Am” is a poem written by English poet John Carre in late 1844 or 1845 and published in 1843. It was composed when Carre was in the Northampton General Lunatic Asylum, isolated by his mental illness from his family and friends. ” I Am!” I am – yet what Read more…
Like most people, I was born in a busy city listening to the noises of cars, buses, planes, phones, and people… This has been the norm since forever. It became evident to me that noise did not have the same effect on others as it does on me. Recently, while Read more…
Unknowing eyes would fail and call her old while missing entirely that they are in the presence of the Eternal Woman. She is never young nor ever old, just eternal. Flowing within and outside of time, skipping upon the ripples of time. Changing vessels at will and playing in the Read more…
In his words: It is never presumptuous for anyone to hope for realization. It is the goal of creation and the birthright of humanity. Blessed are they who are prepared to assert that right in this very life. The Avatar appears in different forms, under different names, at different times, Read more…
The tree of life represents the afterlife, and connection between the earth and heaven. The bond and affection to trees is so deep that Celt’s believed the actual tree was their ancestors, gate keepers of the Celtic Otherworld. The tree of life appears in Norse religion as Yggdrasil, the world Read more…