Senior Women Web

There is a time for everything to flourish, I guess, and then to draw away. It’s hard to accept that sometimes that withdrawal is hastened; the oaks should last longer than this. Nature is a continuum of growth and loss. We can delay the process now and then but there is a time for it all. Perhaps our appreciation of what we have is the best way to understand the cycle – and to live life fully. more »

Elaborate jewels accompanied the burials of Nubian queens, including pendants made of precious metal and hard stone. Gold amulets, gold finger and toe caps and funerary masks adorned the tombs' royal mummies. Throughout antiquity, jewelry was imbued with magical meanings — wearing it was literally a matter of life or death. more »

While political considerations do not trump other concerns in the search for a place to reside, they do matter when all factors are considered. Research shows that Democrats cluster in urban areas and Republicans in rural areas based on attitudes and viewpoints as well as "pre-existing political balance that attracts an influx of co-partisans, while driving away others." more »

In historical terms, the entries span from ancient Rome to the late 20th century. Some entries are true thought experiments, or as Douglas Kahn has called them, "conceptual instruments" which — at least according to our current estimations of technological possibility — could not exist outside of the imagination. Others bear close relationship to historical instruments, of which they can be seen as derivatives, variations, or mutant offspring. more »