Betty Trummel of Science Roadshow blog is currently visiting Antarctica (!), but her friend and colleague Jean Pennycook has finished her research season at Cape Royds and shared some photos from the ...
For me the subject of the picture is always more important than the picture. And more complicated. – Diane Arbus. Человеку дарована лишь одна радость – ощущение жизни, когда она достигает ...
Отсутствие исторического чувства есть наследственный недостаток всех философов. – Ф. Ницше You may be able to convince me that I am wrong, but you cannot tell me that I am wrong without convinci...
It takes a great deal to make a successful American, but to make a happy Venetian takes only a handful of quick sensibility. – Henry James Кто не знает иностранных языков, тот не имеет понятия о...
The town and vicinity of Tarusa are well-known for the love that great Russian artists, musicians, and writers had for it. I mentioned previously that Marina Tsvetaeva, Konstantin Paustovsky, Viktor B...
You may have heard of the heavy snowfalls that came down on Moscow in the last few days. While such snowfalls usually play a few tricks with the appearances of people and buildings, this year’s ...
Not long after I came back from Tarusa a chain of various events ensued, mostly pleasant. I attended the opening of two exhibitions at the Central House of the Artist and previewed the other two there...
Perhaps there is no better way to eventually visit a city than to start learning about upcoming events. So, in a hope to finally visit St. Petersburg I’d like to post here provisional list of ex...
Einstein with a coffee mug (courtesy of Elevatorbob) A poem Einstein Among the Coffee Cups by Louis Untermeyer (1885-1976) was included in his Collected Parodies (1926). An American poet, translator, ...
A small town in Kaluga Region scattered along the Oka River, Tarusa has long been loved by the creative folk. The Tsvetaev family used to live here, including Marina Tsvetaeva; their house museum is o...