Chromosomes
With all the disunity in the political scene, my own life seems peaceful, calm and orderly. The one thing that rolls around in the background of my mind is the ongoing discussion I have with my husband regarding transgender issues. I am not preoccupied with details of birth certificates and
Disunity
How often do you hear the phrase ‘we live in interesting times’? It feels like too often. Especially when ‘interesting’ isn’t always what we mean. We live in scary times. We live in unsettling times. We live in sad, desperate times. Whether it is immigrants drowning as they try to
Time Passages
I looked up some quotes about time. A few resonated with my thoughts about the subject. “How did it get so late so soon?” ― Dr. Seuss We never seem to have enough of it. It flies by so quickly. Maybe we have plenty of time, but too much
Time. Fast or slow …
When thinking about the concept of time one quickly come to think of clocks. And since I am Dutch I want to introduce you to a Dutch view on time and clocks. Dutch artist Maarten Baas made a beautiful series of clocks. For our national airport Schiphol, he made a clock in which
Time: No Day but Today
It seems fitting to me that we are pondering “Time” just now as we move from one year to the next. I looked in the mirror on the first day of 2019 and thought, “this is my seventy second New Year’s Day,” and I could see, in my well-worn face
What does time look like?
“Time” also passed at this moment of writing this sentence. Time can be measured but can not be seen. In other words, this means that time can be measured using clock or other measuring instrument, but can not be seen because it does not have any concrete shape.
The Time Tunnel
I was scheduled to write a blog post for this group on December 25th. It didn’t happen. Why? Because I ran out of time. I am always running out of time. What is up with that? I rarely waste time. I can tell you what I
The Internal Clock
We constantly use a multitude of clocks to know exactly what time of the day it is. The face of a clock is the most common design to visualize time. We are used to measure time with the help of these clocks. But each of us has in
Time as Visual Reality
I have been pondering a recent article in the New York Times Magazine (Dec. 2, 2018) entitled The Insect Apocalypse is Here. For various reasons there have been very few scientific studies done over the years on the total biomass of insects. Their general decline (it appears to be worldwide,
On Time
Time is one of the most equitable thing in our life. But it is a bit different in usage depending on national character. “The National Character Joke of Time” At the meeting Japanese arrive at 1 hour before. British people arrive at 10 minutes before. Americans arrive at exactly time.