Every constellation has a story. Many of them represent myths from Greek and Roman Mythology. Ophiuchus always felt like an outsider constellation to me. I studied the stars as a child and I can’t remember ever hearing about “The Serpent Holder/Bearer, Ophiuchus.” Was he even there? He must have been…unless this is some sort of […]
My LewisTalk article “Santa Lucia: the Art of the Perfect Cup” was just voted a top editor’s staff favorite for 2016. As a new writer for LewisTalk I’m doubly pleased to have my work noted and to have it noted so quickly. Onwards and upwards for 2017!
It’s been an interesting 2016. Tonight (on the West Coast of the U.S.), we hold up a glass and bid it farewell. I started out last year in Auckland, New Zealand. A few months later I bought a house. I discovered new friends in my new town, people I already treasure. I planted a garden […]