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Monday, July 18, 2011

The Man Who Inspired Jules Verne

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Nadar self-portrait, circa 1856. Félix Nadar, the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910) was an important photographer and jo...
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Friday, July 15, 2011

Bruddah Iz

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Last December Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole was named one of the 50 great voices on NPR.  This was one of a vast number of accol...
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Thursday, July 14, 2011

The House of Elsewhere

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Maison d'Ailleurs in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. Image courtesy of Wikipedia. Pierre Versins was a French encyclopedist and sch...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Curiously, Not a Piece of Furniture

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The Domenico Remps Cabinet from 1690.  Image courtesy of Wikipedia. The earliest form of museums in the West is the cabinet of curiosity...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Beyond Glass Slippers

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"Floating World" exhibit of Karen LaMonte's work, 2011. Unlike animals, people seem to have two physical appearances:  our...
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Linda Hedrick
My interests are varied, and I love to research and share my findings. I live with my librarian and bookman husband and our rescued animals in a rural area with lots of wildlife.
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