Accretionary Wedge #37: Now Available! And Sexier than Ever!
There’s some superfine geology in this month’s Wedge. Go have a look!
View Article“Adorers of the Good Science of Rock-breaking”
“Make them like me adorers of the good science of rock-breaking,” Charles Darwin told Charles Lyell once, long ago. This, from a man who also once said of Robert Jameson’s lectures on geology and...
View ArticleAccretionary Wedge #38: Back to School (Hogwarts, No Less!)
The 38th edition of the Accretionary Wedge is up at Anne Jefferson’s place. She’s done a marvelous job, and so have all of the geobloggers who took her back-to-school theme and ran with it. There’s...
View ArticleAccretionary Wedge: Deadlines Fast Approaching!
The Accretionary Wedge carnival’s starting November with two back-to-back kinda-Halloween-themed, um, themes. Posts are due soon, so you’d best scramble if you’re planning to wedge yourself in. (Please...
View ArticleGeologist Barbie Dream House
Right. Everybody’s dressing Barbie like a geologist (or other scientist), but has anyone given a thought to where she’d actually live? No. They have not. Maybe they’re planning to plunk some rocks atop...
View ArticleGe o’ the Lantern
Otherwise known as a geolantern, subspecies of the common jack o’ lantern. Geolantern And yes, I painted the damned thing. Trust me, you don’t want to let me near a pumpkin with a knife. The results...
View ArticleA+, Plus Drool-Worthy Geology, AW #49 Info, and Other Bits
Blowing the dust off ye olde computer to say “Allo, allo, I’m still alive!” Taking a break, still, although I’m dipping my toes back in to a desultory bit o’ work. Like, this post. First off, I just...
View ArticleAccretionary Wedge #49 – Posts Due This Friday!
A few of you have reported to Mission Control, but we haven’t got a full ship yet. Don’t forget to send me your posts by the end of day Friday, September 7th.* We’ll be blasting off over the weekend!...
View ArticleAccretionary Wedge #49: Out of This World
T-4 and counting… “No one regards what is at his feet,” Quintus Ennias, the father of Roman poetry, said. “We all gaze at the stars.” And so we do. Those cold points of light in our skies remained...
View ArticleGeopoetry by Karen Locke
The following is a guest post from Karen Locke, one of my most cherished readers (although you know I love you all, right?). She’s submitting this for the Accretionary Wedge #51. I’m two days late...
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