Archive for January, 2006

Tim Severin’s Brendan Voyage

January 21st, 2006 | No Comments

Shortly before Declan was born, I began reading The Brendan Voyage: Across the Atlantic in a Leather Boat, by Tim Severin. Now I’m on a quest to read the rest of this guy’s stuff!
Tim Severin is an explorer, a writer and a film maker. He recreates legendary and historic voyages in an attempt to find [...]

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Hydrozoa in My Kitchen

January 6th, 2006 | No Comments

Ick. I spilled a hydra culture all over my kitchen counter today. I was reaching for the phone and *bam*! There goes the hydra… all over my kitchen. I could see their little tentacles wiggling as they floated around on my tile counter.
I cleaned the counter thoroughly, and then washed my hands about 20 times, [...]

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