Philosophy
Sad news. Mary Travers has passed. I do not know the number of times I sat on the lawn at Pier 6 in Baltimore or Wolf Trap in Northern Virginia singing along with Peter, Paul, and Mary. It was always wonderful for me because I felt at home. Unlike Dead shows, where the crowd was a fairly thin demographic slice, Peter, Paul, and Mary concerts always felt like a family reunion with aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and grandparents. It was a peaceful place full of hope, love, and joy.
Performing for decades with two men, she would constantly be asked which one she was married to. Her answer was always "both." Even though she was legally married to neither, theirs was a relationship of love and respect. Mary would tell stories between songs of her beloved granddaughter, claiming it was the only thing her son-in-law, usually referred to as "that Republican," ever got right.
For the countless plays of "Peter, Paul, and Mommy" on late nights trying to soothe a crying infant, for helping bring harmony to an inharmonious world, thank you Mary Travers. You will be missed.
- Shades Of Blue
My Fellow Comedists, To listen to the curmudgeons, the culture is getting cruder. Reality television and other garbage is taking all of the culture out of our entertainment. But we were watching an old episode of Get Smart with the kids, it's the...
- Blind Or Visually Impaired At A Chemistry Camp
"Blind Teens Tap Into Senses At Chemistry Camp" by Amy Standen July 24th, 2011 NPR For some kids, summer camp season means crafts, campfires and sunshine. For teenagers at one Northern California camp, the focus is chemistry. At Camp Enchanted Hills,...
- Folk Songs...dead?
The folk singers [Brewer & Shipley, Mamas & Papas, Maria Muldaur, Peter, Paul & Mary, Simon & Garfunkel, The New Christy Minstrels, The Kingston Trio, Woody Guthrie, and scores more]...died or disbanded. One wonders if the genre is still...
- 19th Century Fossil Woman--mary Anning
Mary Anning May 21st, 1799 to March 9th, 1847 She is credited with the first discovery of an ichthyosaur skeleton and a fantastic collector of Jurassic era marine fossils. University of California Museum of Paleontology... Despite the fact that Mary...
- Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin/margaret Thatcher
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin May 12th, 1910 to July 29th, 1994 What's the connection? Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin "...was an English chemist, born in Cairo, Egypt. A crystallographer of distinction, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry...
Philosophy
RIP Mary Travers
Sad news. Mary Travers has passed. I do not know the number of times I sat on the lawn at Pier 6 in Baltimore or Wolf Trap in Northern Virginia singing along with Peter, Paul, and Mary. It was always wonderful for me because I felt at home. Unlike Dead shows, where the crowd was a fairly thin demographic slice, Peter, Paul, and Mary concerts always felt like a family reunion with aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and grandparents. It was a peaceful place full of hope, love, and joy.
Performing for decades with two men, she would constantly be asked which one she was married to. Her answer was always "both." Even though she was legally married to neither, theirs was a relationship of love and respect. Mary would tell stories between songs of her beloved granddaughter, claiming it was the only thing her son-in-law, usually referred to as "that Republican," ever got right.
For the countless plays of "Peter, Paul, and Mommy" on late nights trying to soothe a crying infant, for helping bring harmony to an inharmonious world, thank you Mary Travers. You will be missed.
- Shades Of Blue
My Fellow Comedists, To listen to the curmudgeons, the culture is getting cruder. Reality television and other garbage is taking all of the culture out of our entertainment. But we were watching an old episode of Get Smart with the kids, it's the...
- Blind Or Visually Impaired At A Chemistry Camp
"Blind Teens Tap Into Senses At Chemistry Camp" by Amy Standen July 24th, 2011 NPR For some kids, summer camp season means crafts, campfires and sunshine. For teenagers at one Northern California camp, the focus is chemistry. At Camp Enchanted Hills,...
- Folk Songs...dead?
The folk singers [Brewer & Shipley, Mamas & Papas, Maria Muldaur, Peter, Paul & Mary, Simon & Garfunkel, The New Christy Minstrels, The Kingston Trio, Woody Guthrie, and scores more]...died or disbanded. One wonders if the genre is still...
- 19th Century Fossil Woman--mary Anning
Mary Anning May 21st, 1799 to March 9th, 1847 She is credited with the first discovery of an ichthyosaur skeleton and a fantastic collector of Jurassic era marine fossils. University of California Museum of Paleontology... Despite the fact that Mary...
- Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin/margaret Thatcher
Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin May 12th, 1910 to July 29th, 1994 What's the connection? Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin "...was an English chemist, born in Cairo, Egypt. A crystallographer of distinction, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry...