Wikipedia article of the day is Medieval cuisine. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: Medieval cuisine includes the foods, diets, and cooking methods of various European cultures from the 5th to the 15th century. Cereals were the most important staple during the Early Middle Ages: barley, oats, and rye were eaten by the poor while wheat […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on October 1, 2023: Building of the State Historical Museum view from the Red Square, Moscow, Russia. The host of the Russian history museum was built based on Sherwood’s neo-Russian design between 1875 and 1881. More Info
“Autumn’s the mellow time.” – William Allingham
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” – Thomas Merton
For northern hemisphere dwellers, September’s Full Moon was the Harvest Moon. Reflecting warm hues at sunset, it rises behind cypress trees huddled on a hill top in Tuscany, Italy in this telephoto view from September 28. Famed in festival, story, and song, Harvest Moon is just the traditional name of the full moon nearest the […]
Wikipedia picture of the day on September 30, 2023: Picture of Pinto beans (seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris). More Info
Wikipedia article of the day is Secretarybird. Check it out: Article-Link Summary: The secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey. Endemic to Africa, it is usually found in the open grasslands and savannas of the sub-Saharan region. It is a very large bird with an eagle-like body on crane-like legs that […]
“Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.” – Pablo Picasso
“In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.” – Robert Green Ingersoll
Back from asteroid 101955 Bennu, a 110-pound, 31-inch wide sample return capsule rests in a desert on planet Earth in this photo, taken at the Department of Defense Utah Test and Training Range near Salt Lake City last Sunday, September 24. Dropped off by the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft, the capsule looks charred from the extreme temperatures […]