- Quote of the Day
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Our galaxy is like an ecosystem, recycling gas through successive generations of stars, gradually building up the entire periodic table. Before our Sun even formed, several generations of fast-burning heavy stars could have been through their entire life cycles, transmuting pristine hydrogen into the basic building blocks of life - carbon, oxygen, iron and the rest. We are literally the ashes of long-dead stars. • Martin J. Rees, Understanding the Beginning and the End, 2001. - A list of personal publications
- My papers, essays, and reviews dealing with postglacial landscape history, palynology, and geoarchaeology, mostly focussed on Alberta and western Canada.
- E-SCAPE
- A series of resources, including a bibliography, for the E-SCAPE (Edmonton component of the Study of Cultural Adaptations in the Canadian Prairie Ecozone) project. SCAPE (2000-2005) dealt with postglacial landscapes and human history in the Canadian prairies in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Work on this project continues, with ongoing laboratory analyses and writing.
- The Lake File
- An on-line listing of palaeoenvironmental sites and studies in the SCAPE study area and beyond, with
information and references.
Number of sites: 547. Number of citations: 589. Latest changes/additions to the list: September 5 2012.
- The Dung File
- The Dung File consists of a list of references dealing with pollen, parasites, and plant remains in
coprolites and latrine fills from archaeological and palaeoenvironmental sites. The focus is on studies in
North America.
Latest changes/additions to the list: May 1 2013. Number of citations: 540
- The Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Explanations for acronyms commonly encountered in Quaternary studies. The Dictionary now contains more than 2400 entries.
- Reading the Palliser Triangle
- The Palliser Triangle is the drylands area of the Canadian Prairies, comprising mainly
southeastern Alberta, southern Saskatchewan, and southwestern Manitoba. This list consists of
a selection of popular and scholarly writing on this region with commentary,
accompanied by an historical timeline.
Latest changes/additions to the list: November 30 2014. Number of citations: 203
- Reading the Landscape
- A selection of readings arranged by major theme, chosen simply because they are places or
topics that interest me, or subjects that I have read much about through the years.
- The Arctic, exploration and travel, accompanied by a timeline
- Antarctica, discovery, exploration and travel, accompanied by a timeline
- Readings in Earth Science History, with a particular emphasis on the nineteenth century, accompanied by a timeline
- Reading Paris: the city in history and literature
- Cultural Pursuits
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- A look at some events in Literature and Music.
- A Concert Diary, and lists of live theatre performances and movies that I have seen.
- A list of live lecture presentations on a wide variety of topics that I have attended.
- Discussions of art exhibitions and museum displays and historic sites and living heritage sites that I have visited.
- A summary of our Book Club readings.
- The 100 Canadian novel challenge.
- Some interesting quotations that have caught my attention.
- Finally, take a look at what was happening in previous years On This Day in arts, music, science, and history.
- Images and Reflections
- Exploring the world around us through digital imagery.
- The Plant Page - images of garden plants and wild plants in close-up
- Just for fun, try the Puzzle of the Month, a different online puzzle almost every month. This month, marvel at the colour and detail of a medieval tapestry.
- Networks and Profiles
Alwynne B. Beaudoin (bluebulrush@gmail.com)
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