More Tab Dumps

 And a proposed format change

Three more tabs from my Chrome tab saves. I find my own interests very interesting - imagine that! Most tab review/dumps result in further research on the topic. Art and science are the general themes. Not sure who else would be interested in my tabs saves, but I'm having a blast. 

• web.csulb.edu/~rodrigue/geog140/lectures/earthsunbydate.html - I never fully read these geography lecture notes on The Earth in Space until today. The author is Dr. Christine M. Rodrigue of CSU Long Beach, a professor of geography and an artist. Sections 12-13 very interesting to me: declination of the sun, fast-slow, all of that. Very cool. All earthlings should understand this.
•  google.com/search?q=earth%27s+precession - Clearly a google search I did not want to forget: "earth's precession". Now I know a more accurate search would have been "axial precession". My brain really wants to know this kind of stuff.
• artofmanliness.com/articles/how-to-whistle-with-your-fingers - I can't whistle through my fingers, and my plan was to learn during the stay-at-home days of the pandemic. Sadly, I did not, but I still want to learn as it would be very useful.

In addition to a small number of tab dumps in a post, I'm going to start adding a short essay. It could be an opinion piece, something I've learned recently or find fascinating, or just whatever. We're talking very short. Maybe even a short poem or single picture. Anyway, no more ending with an ingenuous faux question to the reader, or whatever that rhetorical-ish thing is that some bloggers do. I did it last time, mostly in mockery, but I think it is very silly. If a reader sees a comment box and has one, they know what to do! If reading something I've written sparks an idea or call to action, I would rather they go and do it than sit around writing a bleeping comment. Future "essays" to go at the top, before tab dumps.

Oh! My Gourd.

I am so happy to have completed my first crafted gourd today! I only regret not taking its picture last fall when it was a bright green, spotted swan neck gourd. At that time I had no idea what this lil' fella would become. I only had an inkling when I was at the Alameda Holiday Bazaar in December and saw a fellow Alamedan and gourdista, owner of Studio Phoenix Gourd Art, display her gorgeous gourds. I promptly made plans to dry my two gourds and turn them into.. something, anything! Each gourd is so unique you just have to examine it and think about the possibilities a while before you know. This one, besides being an autumnal equinox celebration gourd, is inspired by Southwest gourd artist extraordinaire, Bonnie Gibson.
I copied her Hopi rain cloud design for the top woven coiled part, and added my own beaded design for the handles. The top neck part is still around for use in a future gourd art piece! I love that the materials are (almost) all natural, and I can combine gourds, beading, and basketry all in one piece. I have two more gourds in the works already, which makes me very happy.

By the way, just because today is the Autumnal Equinox DOES NOT mean that we have exactly 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of darkness. Look it up on a real website like time and date dot com why don't ya? If you have a science geek gene like me, you'll really want to read all about it. If not, well it's still the first day of autumn, and I wish you a beautiful fall day!