ysabetwordsmith) wrote, ysabetwordsmith 
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janetmiiles pointed me to The Phrontistery. For some time I have enjoyed the glossary parts of the site -- but I just noticed that forthright has the blog set up in LJ. So I clicked Add Friend. This is a wonderful resource for writers, editors, linguists, and other word mavens. The whole site is devoted to obscure bits of vocabulary and grammar. By obscure, I mean the kinds of stuff that, if I don't know it, the dictionary probably doesn't either, but that's what's in here. Sadly the main program is dormant, but the YardMap concept is awesome, and many of its informative articles remain. YardMap was a citizen science…
Apparently all kinds of things go on inside goldenrod galls, beyond the caterpillars who make them. Fascinating. I've seen the galls but haven't…
Here's an article about science and spirituality, sort of. It doesn't have a very wide view of either. Can you be scientific and spiritual? This…
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Wonderful stuff and a really nifty teacher.
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