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‘My Space’ Cardboard Playhouse & Cardboard Memories

Posted on: August 23rd, 2010 by
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myspace6Remember when a giant cardboard box was a magical playhouse? When folding box tops became windows or doors, and sheets over furniture extended your own little cardboard domain? In this electronic gadget and computer world, one may wonder how much this manual form of play and imagination still goes Continue reading the story "‘My Space’ Cardboard Playhouse & Cardboard Memories"
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17th Century Predictions of Robert Boyle Came True

Posted on: June 11th, 2010 by
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Robert BoyleThe Royal Society in London, England, is currently celebrating its 350th anniversary with an artifact exhibit which includes a fascinating Robert Boyle document. Scientist Robert Boyle was one of the society’s founders, but what makes him even more noteworthy is that he created a “wish list” of sorts in the 1660s, Continue reading the story "17th Century Predictions of Robert Boyle Came True"
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A Moment of Magic

Posted on: May 30th, 2010 by
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Sometimes it’s just nice to believe in magic. Even if it’s just a temporary illusion. To be held in awe as someone seems to be cut in two, or another disappears altogether only to return with an abracadabra. Nostalgic magic tricks these, but so classic they conjure up a magic of their own. A way to be transported back to childhood. To a time when Continue reading the story "A Moment of Magic"
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