Welcome, Neophytes! (June 2010 edition)
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Welcome, Neophytes! (May 2010 edition)
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Random Thread: Gloriana’s Realm
Continuing its year-long trek through space and time, this month’s Random Thread celebrates Elizabethan England. (In Edmund Spenser’s epic poem The Faerie Queene, the character Gloriana represented Queen Elizabeth I.)
Welcome, Neophytes! (April 2010 edition)
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The Hare & Hedgepig, Volume III, No. 1
As a Courtesy to Your Fellow Patrons,
Please Leave All Electronic Devices and Projectile Pastries with Our Pie Check Department
Formal Dress Required
Continued from Vol. II, No. 5.
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Please Leave All Electronic Devices and Projectile Pastries with Our Pie Check Department
Formal Dress Required
Continued from Vol. II, No. 5.
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Welcome, Neophytes! (March 2010 edition)
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Random Thread: “Interesting Times,” Part 3
Europe came late to kite-flying, no mention of them is made there until the 16th century CE. Meanwhile, the Chinese had been flying kites since the 4th or 5th century BCE. They served many uses besides entertainment, from military technology to meditation. Some played music. Some featured animals with eyes, paws, or tails that moved. We’ll have just enough time to catch a quick glimpse of these high-flying kites as we sail through the last day of February’s Random thread. Read more »
Random Thread: “Interesting Times,” Part 2
The next stop in our travels through China is a visit to Song Dynasty court painter Ma Yuan (c. 1160-1225). This is a lesser known version of his painting “Apricot Blossoms.” Read more »
Random Thread: “Interesting Times”
According to popular belief, “may you live in interesting times” was an ancient Chinese curse. As far as we know, there’s no documented proof that that’s true. China has long been an interesting place, however, and it is February’s destination for our random threads’ yearlong excursion through history. Read more »
Welcome, Neophytes! (February 2010 edition)
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Date: February 1, 2010
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Random Thread: Anchors Aweigh, Part 3
Before Ancient Greece drifts from sight, there’s still time for another Random tune…. Read more »
Random Thread: Anchors Aweigh, Part 2
As the Random Thread sets off on its year-long voyage of historical discovery (still in the era of Ancient Greece), throngs of well-wishers turn out to wish us fair winds and a following sea. Some of them even seem to be trying to blow a little extra wind our way… Read more »
Welcome, Neophytes! (January 2010 Edition)
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Salute to Symmetry! Part 1
Our December random threads commemorate all things flopped, folded, reflected, reversed, and kaleidoscoped.
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Welcome, Neophytes! (December 2009 edition)
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International Month for Commemorating Comestibles, part 2
We continue to munch our way through the month… Read more »
International Month for Commemorating Comestibles
Food, that is. And when better than November to celebrate it, in all its many-splendored savory glory? And what could be more appropriate than to begin than with tea time at the H&H? Read more »