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September 15th 2016
Published: October 9th 2016
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"People are not fond of thinking. Only reluctantly do we bother ourselves with what is hard to understand. Perhaps that’s why we know only so little about the beginnings of the sky, the earth, and of most animals. Perhaps or perhaps not. For most difficult of all is to understand how we ourselves came, and where we go on the day we no longer live. Over all beginning and ending, there is darkness... Read Full Entry



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9th October 2016

Art
I like Lisa's art too!
10th October 2016
Ice-choked

An icy green(land) adventure!
Ice, two miles thick and a glacier moving 20 meters a day--rather as mind blowing as licorice ice cream! I visited fiords in Alaska and Patagonia that were so chocked with icebergs that they were no longer navigable--in both, global warming was causing additional calving to take place. Good for Lisa for portraying traditional life! I love dog sleds, but I wonder if sadly, the Inuit use more snow mobiles these days?
16th October 2016

Art
I like Lisa's art too!
19th October 2016

Greenland
This is a location we both loved and long to go back to! What a great blog. Thanks for sharing. I don't like licorice so I won't try that ice cream...but I'm sure they have others I would like. MJ

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