A Rumination on Navigation
My thanks to Zina Deretsky for this lovely poem: The Minotaur Sat Remember when our navigation Was instinct, stars and perspiration? The stars were bright…
Tag: myth
Heavenly Chocolate
It’s my birthday today and one of my favourite presents has been this chocolate slab from ‘Hotel Chocolat‘. It shows the mythological Titan, Atlas, holding…
Saturnalia, Christmas and Common Sense
A great morning for stargazing and one planet in particular was holding court. Saturn hung brightly in the southern sky between Virgo and Leo. In…
Never Ending Story
The incestuous relationship between the stars and mythology is nothing new, but we often overlook how constantly the relationship is rekindled or how fresh some…
Coconuts Navigation
‘Sagur, a spirit and chief, lived on the island of Pulap with his daughter, Inosagur. As she bathed in the lagoon before the canoe house…