The 50th Anniversary of the Louisville Grotto's "Speleofest" held in Hart County, Kentucky, at their Lone Star Cave Preserve, Memorial Day Weekend, 2022. Here is a virtual tour of the [...]
Category: Natural History and Science
The Lyceum at Life and Landscapes®
I am pleased to be offering my first "Lyceum at Life and Landscapes® Learning Course", on Saturday and Sunday, June 25th and 26th, 2022 at my farm in Shelby County, [...]
Flint Hill Cemetery, Breathitt County, Kentucky
The Flint Hill Cemetery still standing tall on a remnant of the great Flint Ridge, once lying between Quicksand and Troublesome Creeks, and greatly mined out, in Breathitt County, Kentucky. [...]
“Surrounding™ Kentucky- Select Essays”
I am very pleased to announce the publication of, "Surrounding™ Kentucky-Select Essays," the second volume of my "Surrounding™ Series," (the first volume is entitled "Surrounding™ Mammoth Cave" and was published [...]
LITHIUM, THE THIRD ROCK FROM NOTHING!
LITHIUM, THE THIRD ROCK FROM NOTHING! "In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth" [Genesis 1, KJV]. But what is that stuff made of? Well, to start from [...]
SURROUNDING: Mammoth Cave!
Introduction This is a journey log. One of culture, history, and scientific exploration. A recognition that, when we focus on the significant, we often ignore the peripheral things of interest. [...]
Giants of Gas and Ice
GIANTS OF GAS AND ICE We pass by, as if we fly, or if you wish to sail the sky, within your craft a sailboat be, atop the solar sea [...]
The Rocky Planets
THE ROCKY PLANETS Why do you want to get off this one? There are no gods to visit on those spinning orbs, and they are not very nice places on [...]
The Family Human-part 3
THE FAMILY HUMAN - part 3Neanderthal PeopleThe excitement began when bones were first discovered in the Neander Valley in Germany in 1856. It was Homo neanderthalensis, a cousin that evolved [...]