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On orbits

Published on May 12, 2020May 10, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Curves in space

Things are different out there.

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Inscribed by hand (II)

Published on May 5, 2020May 4, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

The technology of writing

Sometimes everything changed, sometimes it didn’t.

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Inscribed by hand (I)

Published on April 28, 2020April 29, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Is handwriting necessary?

Handwritten English is much less important than it was.  But handwriting is not.

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More of the story

Published on April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Help from an old textbook

Knowing just a little more is sometimes helpful.

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Archives and old software

Published on April 14, 2020April 13, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Looking again

We find ourselves agreeing with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

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It’s quiet

Published on April 7, 2020April 5, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Noticing what’s not there

Much has changed.  It won’t stay that way.

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One of the in-crowd

Published on March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Doing popular things

We come to contradictory conclusions.

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In the name of the King

Published on March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

But which king?

We encounter a difficulty with studying Medieval history.

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Superficial writing

Published on March 10, 2020March 9, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Not enough research

Some writers don’t look deeply enough into the background.

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Comes the dawn

Published on March 3, 2020March 1, 2020 by fivecolorssandt@icloud.com

Early risers

We notice an asymmetry between sunrise and sunset.

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