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Molten to Solid

Posted on October 30, 2018 by

matter molten to solid a transition occurs slowness or swiftness might seem unimportant the start and the finish unchanged: molten to solid. what after all is the point in postponing the final stage of transformation? what does it avail to … Continue reading →

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Perspective

Posted on November 9, 2017 by

An ordered perspective on a chaotic system, words and sentences, numbers and tables, precipitate from raw unkempt haphazard nature. Patterns settle out kaleidoscopically, a desk, pen and paper, concentration, review and edit making sense at least superficial. A changed perspective on … Continue reading →

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Phase Transition

Posted on November 8, 2017 by

Sublimation, Glass transition, Sintering and liquefaction, Substance changes In extremis, All predictions are but guesses. Observation, Experimentation, These reveal what alteration <> <> <> Has taken place, What new-formed face Appears upon each change of phase. © Samuel Birrer and … Continue reading →

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Crystalline

Posted on October 26, 2017 by

But “defects” do not damage the design:
Each merely adds its own imprint… Continue reading →

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IF ONLY

Posted on October 18, 2016 by

The greatest thought
In the universe
Once formed, was soon forgot Continue reading →

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Verne’s Mysterious Island

Posted on July 9, 2013 by

A review of Jules Verne’s The Mysterious Island. Following in the footsteps of Daniel Defoe, Jules Verne wrote his own ship-wreck novel, The Mysterious Island, the tale of a group of castaways in the southern Pacific.  In this novel, however, … Continue reading →

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Twenty Thousand Leagues with Jules Verne

Posted on June 21, 2013 by

A short review of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea for any fellow bibliophiles! The first book on my reading list for this summer (at least the first one I got around to reading – I don’t have a specific … Continue reading →

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