An online quiz is like an exam to which students can bring their phones. Continue reading “A Quiz for Christmas Eve”
Category: literature
Regard the Sun
Was it fair to call the three words I recited at yesterday’s Armistice commemoration – the names of my three dead uncles – a poem? Continue reading “Regard the Sun”
Passage and Orion
The heavenly clock turns on, and Continue reading “Passage and Orion”
Star poems
I used to print “fillers” in some of the white spaces Continue reading “Star poems”
Maligned King Richard
“Shakespeare Explains the 2016 Election” was the title of an Oct. 8 opinion article Continue reading “Maligned King Richard”
Cutty Sark
If you were to visit me this year by means of Google Earth, you would find yourself descending on me through a lofty tangle of masts, spars, and ropes.
Not for the Punters
Panta rhei, “All things flow.”
Moonlight through Weeds
There have been many messages expressing regret that Continue reading “Moonlight through Weeds”
An Aristeia of Mars
Get ready for the opposition of Mars on Sunday May 22, and even better later.
The stories told by satellites’ names
There will have to be a new printing before long of Albedo to Zodiac, my astronomical glossary, so Continue reading “The stories told by satellites’ names”