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Author Archives: tkflor
Thank you to an anonymous person
This post is directed to someone I do not know who yesterday found a wallet at ShopRite. It was the last store we went to before returning home, and I didn’t notice that my wallet was missing until I was … Continue reading
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Three Tomorrows: Be careful what you wish for
“She could tell you exactly what was wrong with any game, but she didn’t necessarily know how to make a great game herself. There is a time for any fledgling artist where one’s taste exceeds one’s abilities. The only way … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, literary fiction, literature, writing
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The Death of the Artist – why artists deserve to get paid, amateurs suck, and the Big Tech kills Art
… when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet’s sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame: Still for stern Mammon may they toil … Continue reading
Posted in fiction, literature, self-publishing
Tagged art and business, art and economics, art and the Internet, book review, Byron, Lord Byron
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Excavations – Americans at a summer dig in Greece
“There was no evidence though. Archaeology alone was where the facts lived; this is why she respected it. No smoke, all fire. Speculations about that far back was just theoretical, and the only real truth – the only realness you … Continue reading
Posted in academia, fiction, lab lit, literary fiction, literature
Tagged Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek statues, Greek antiques, women in science
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Where does mass come from? *
Atoms are made from electrons and atomic nuclei. Since the nucleus accounts for more than 99.9% of the atom’s mass, we can focus on the nucleus, or on the protons and neutrons it is made of. Protons and neutrons are … Continue reading
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Tagged Einstein's question, ether, History of physics, history of science, mass from energy, origin of mass, quarks and gluons, Wilczek
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Flowers and food
This post was inspired by foxgloves blooming in our garden and a recipe for three-cheeses biscuits I promised to my sister. So here are the plants that are blooming right now, the recipe for the biscuits, and a recipe for … Continue reading
Posted in cakes and desserts, Desserts, recepies
Tagged flowers, foxglove, Hybrid tea rose, mountain laurel, ricotta, three-cheeses
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Daring to Dream – fiction and reality
“I want to make a toast, please. To the women in my life. My mother, who’s shown that love makes a marriage bloom. My friend,” she said, turning to Ann, “who always, always listened. And my sisters, who gave me … Continue reading
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Tagged banned books, Daring to Dream, Nora Roberts, school book ban, stranger than fiction
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A bookstore, supply and demand, and reality check for readers and writers
“Seventy-five dollars?” said Imp. “Just to play music?” “That’s twenty-five dollars registration fee, thirty-five dollars up front against fees, and fifteen dollars voluntary compulsory annual subscription to the Pension Fund,” said Mr. Clete, secretary of the Guild. From Soul Music … Continue reading
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Tagged books, bookstores, readers and writers, supply and demand, Terry Pratchett
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