Tag: summer

The first sentence I wrote today…

…was, once again, for Blue Fire : In the stunned silence that followed, Amlinn stood stock-still for a long moment, then suddenly ran after her grandfather. Words today: 1,514 Total thus far: 38,313 That was first thing this morning; in the afternoon, I did good work on Magebane, but it was, once again, of the …

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Photos of the Day: Fuzz, and Dragonfly

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Photo of the (Yester)Day: Midway

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The science of summer

  Ah, the lazy, hazy days of summer. Time to kick back, relax, and ponder the big questions, the ones humans have asked themselves from time immemorial. Questions such as… What causes sunburn and tanning? Red skin is inflamed skin, and inflammation is the body’s effort to speed the healing of damaged tissue by rushing …

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Insect repellants

An anthropologist who knew nothing about our culture might well be fascinated by our traditional summer folk dance. You know the one: it’s where we jump about from foot to foot, waving our hands in the air and occasionally slapping parts of our body. It’s called the “Mosquito Mazurka.” Our hypothetical anthropologist might also note …

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Sunburn

Summer, contrary to recent evidence in this part of the country, is usually considered the time for fun in the sun. But although some sun is nice, too much sun isn’t, because only 60 percent of sunlight is visible, and only 25 percent is heat. The remaining 15 percent falls in an invisible part of …

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