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Seeing thro' the eye...


12 January 12 09:18 PM
We are led to believe a lie When we see not thro' the eye, Which was born in a night to perish in a night, When the soul slept in beams of light. William Blake I found the light above after it passed through the multiple lenses of a horseshoe crab that Read More...
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National Canine Latin Barking assessments


11 January 12 09:00 PM
While immersed in the Krebs cycle in mid-January, pushing biochemical pathways on sophomores who have yet to learn chemistry, I marvel at their persistence, trying to grasp what I know they cannot, but I ask them to do it anyway. (There is something unethical Read More...
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A late December walk


29 December 11 06:51 PM
'Turn away no more; Why wilt thou turn away The starry floor, The watery shore, Is given thee till the break of day.' William Blake Today is the last day of the darkest two weeks of the year, the shadows stretched long on the beach like languid lovers Read More...
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Hiroshima and horseshoe crabs


07 August 11 05:17 PM
The time between anniversaries of the uranium bomb dropped on Hiroshima, plutonium on Nagasaki, have the same off-center pull on me of the awful hours on Good Friday. Attaching this disequilibrium to specific times is, of course, a human conceit, as is Read More...
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Expecto Patronum


23 July 11 09:52 AM
Horseshoe crabs and I have a long history. Theirs longer than ours. These were tossed up on a huge hill of dredge waste, peering through the gray mud. I have witnessed much, most unspoken, in my years, as I am sure you have, too. I do not understand, Read More...
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Another horseshoe crab story


06 July 11 04:29 PM
I fished in thigh deep water today, surrounded by gazillions of horseshoe crab eggs, most of which will be eaten in the next day or two. A small fish, obviously versed in the Curly and the Oyster Stew episode, kept grabbing my lure just as I was pulling Read More...
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Quick report


02 June 11 09:41 PM
We took about 150 kids to Sandy Hook today, just as the high tide of the new moon of June was receding. Horseshoe crabs, oblivious to our presence, did what horseshoe crabs have done for millennia. A few dozen horseshoe crabs danced at the water's edge. Read More...
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Bleeding on Memorial Day


29 May 11 09:26 AM
My hands were awash with patriotic colors this morning. Blue blood of a lovely lady horseshoe crab, hooked by a lad whose enthusiasm, alas, could not compensate for his ignorance. Red blood of a dogfish, also hooked by the exuberant one. His first fish. Read More...
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Just to see stuff...


13 May 11 09:39 PM
I wasted a day today prepping my lambs for the New Jersey Biology Competency Test. I will waste another day on Monday. I have no idea what it means to be competent in biology, and judging by the practice questions, I am not alone. If a child passes the Read More...
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Formalizing informal science


23 April 11 07:56 AM
I got an email from Education Week this morning that prompted this. Conclusion 1: Across the life span, from infancy to late adulthood, individuals learn about the natural world and develop important skills for science learning. I'm taking my lambs to Read More...
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Horseshoe crabs redux


03 April 11 05:48 PM
I saw that someone Googled "can you pick up a horseshoe crab" today to find my blog. I found a half dozen tiny horseshoe crabmolts on the beach today, the smallest the size of my thumbnail. I rescued an ancient old female, caught high on the beach, twice Read More...
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The end of winter


27 February 11 06:38 PM
Our crocuses bloomed today. A tiny horseshoe crab, smaller than my thumbnail, crawled out of the Delaware Bay. The day lilies are rising again, like Phoenixes from the snow's ashes. All of this is more real than the nonsense that passes for discourse Read More...
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February horseshoe crab


26 February 11 04:31 PM
Leslie and I found the tiny shell of a young horseshoe crab this afternoon while walking on the edge of the Delaware Bay. The shell is backlit by our sun, the source of just about all our energy, whatever "energy" means. I can construct all kinds of things Read More...
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A February horseshoe crab


05 February 11 12:33 PM
I love this picture. My wife has tiny feet--that is the tip of her tiny shoe. The tracks were made by a tiny horseshoe crab last February. Chances are pretty good no one else has seen this particular horseshoe crab, and chances are pretty good it is no Read More...
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National Lab Rat Day


13 May 10 08:47 PM
We all have a vested interest in advancing our country’s proficiency in the disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math as a means to driving innovation and jobs — which are key to fueling our economic growth and global competitiveness. Steve Read More...
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