Archive: 2010 - Through the sandglass

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An alarming announcement at Barnes and Noble

I have a habit, more often than not masochistic, of dropping into book stores to see whether my efforts are on the shelves. Wandering around the upper Westside...

April 1, 2010 3 min read

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Larry's beach - and a scale quiz

Just about exactly a year ago, I had the pleasure of posting some of Larry Deemer’s spectacular photographs from his local beach at Breezy Point, Queens, New Yo...

April 1, 2010 3 min read

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Mark Twain the geologist

Mark Twain died one hundred years ago today “The Old Oolitic Silurian” – my father used to periodically quote this to me to illustrate his familiarity with geol...

April 1, 2010 8 min read

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April 2010

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

April 1, 2010 7 min read

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Thoughts on writing a popular science book (3): the tedious but important stuff

Let’s face it, the research and writing are the fun parts of producing a book, and then there’s the other stuff that is much less enjoyable but vital. Here are...

March 1, 2010 9 min read

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March 2010

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

March 1, 2010 10 min read

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February 2010

Musings and news on the extraordinary stories sand has to tell of our planet and daily lives

February 1, 2010 3 min read

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Two museums and the Fontainebleau glass sand

A few weeks ago, the art museum in Montpellier provided a welcome refuge from torrential rain (of course, I was planning on visiting anyway, but the weather dro...

February 1, 2010 5 min read