Author: Lucca Daniel Green
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The Beautiful Regularity of the Periodic Table of Elements: or, Really no one thought maybe I was autistic? (Or is that even a label I should have known back then?)
No one noticed I was probably autistic even after I memorized the whole Periodic Table in eighth grade (along with the 27 Amendments to the US Constitution). But am I better or worse off for it?
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Cardboard Fables: The Cobra and the Rattler
A fable on first encounters, a meditation on desire, hostility, friendliness, and awkward missed signals.
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Saguaro, Opuntia and Other Cacti are Permanent Carbon Sinks
Cacti are essential allies in carbon capture, turning atmospheric carbon into calcium carbonate.
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Painting over the Landlord Special: Fireplace Edition
On undoing the aesthetic damage wrought by landlords’ overzealous painters.
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The Catalina Mountains: Babad Do’ag I and II (with audio)
The Santa Catalina mountains, on the northern edge of Tucson, are one of the great loves of my life, and have helped to make me what I am now.
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Greek Pottery: Double-Headed Cantharos, Satyr + Mature African Male
A janiform cantharus with a satyr on one side and a mature African male on the other from Athens, c. 465.
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Carcinogenic Optimism
A poetic reflection on the stubborn optimism of many (but not all) Boomers, despite the now unavoidable reality we all face.
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Greek Pottery: Milesian Heron-Shaped Perfume Bottle
A perfume bottle shaped like a heron from Miletus, c580!
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Sports and Religion, in Iran and in General: comments on comments made in a recent BBC show on the Protests in Iran
Two thought-provoking comments from an episode of BBC’s “Heart and Soul” on the protests in Iran: girls’ sports and religion from a historian’s perspective.
Another Neurodivergent Queer Writes A Blog! 