At first these essays comprised various topics of interest to me – for example, the nature of collecting and the power of “cracks” of time. Science has morphed into history for me after some fifty years of research. I have closed my laboratory at NIH and stepped aside to become what is, kindly, [...]
After numerous family visits and other commitments, I finally had a free Saturday to get back to writing. However, the television – that temptation – hooked me on the women’s final of the French Open Tennis Championship. “What a waste of precious writing time,” I thought, angry for letting television dictate my day. Thoughts of [...]
Cracks have developed a bad reputation and are considered blemishes. Cracked implies broken, ready to be discarded. “He’s a crackpot! What’s he thinking – that he can part the Red Sea? That he’s Moses?” Such a crackpot needs to be avoided. We commonly believe that the crack damages the object, the bone, the appearance, the [...]
