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Cosmic Curiosities

“The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.”
~ Muriel Rukeyser, American Poet

A Nebula Story

Life in New York

The Wisconsin Oneida are an Iroquoian-speaking Indian tribe currently residing on a reservation in northeastern Wisconsin near Green Bay. They originally came from upstate New York. The Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora make up the Six Nations League of the Iroquois. The Oneida refer to themselves as Oneyoteaka -- "People of the Standing Stone." According to Oneida traditions, there was always a large, red boulder near the main Oneida village in New York.

Great Lakes Indian people depended on the food secured by hunting and trapping, and these foods formed a considerable part of their diet.

Deer and moose were hunted as well as several kinds of fox -- red, the black, and silver gray. Timber wolves, a large prairie wolf, and a smaller prairie wolf that was not considered very good eating were also hunted. The bear was not killed without a special ceremony and apology, for this animal was greatly revered.

Cosmic Curiosities

“To me, NASA is kind of the magical kingdom. I was sort of a geek, and you go there,
and there are just these wondrously strange things and people.”
~ Mary Roach, American Author

Cosmic Curiosities

"Summer night – even the stars are whispering to each other."
- Kobayashi Issa, Japanese poet

Cosmic Curiosities

“Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.”
- William James, American Philosopher and Psychologist   

Cosmic Curiosities

“O, sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.”
- Roman Payne, American born Novelist

Earth and Sun: The Ultimate Dependent Relationship