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If Women Ruled the World!

If Women Ruled the World!

Happy Birthday Émilie the Marquise du Châtelet!December 17, 2022 Edge of Yesterday celebrates the 316th birthday of French mathematician, physicist, translator, and philosopher Émilie du Châtelet, whose contributions to Newtonian theory and mission to make scientific literature more accessible helped clear the path for modern physics. Émilie du Châtelet was born Gabrielle-Émilie Le Tonnelier de … Continue >

if i could only

if i could only

if i could only use one word to dub today the word would be bewildering if i could only use one word to sum up my mind today my mind would be blazing if i could only use one word to dub thee, world, today the world would be dis-integrating if i could only find … Continue >

What Do We Really Know After All?

What Do We Really Know After All?

Charley has just begun to plot her next adventure, a journey forward from Leonardo’s time to a period where the world was unevenly wakening to what it means to be fully alive, fully human. In the early to mid-1700s, most of humanity (at least in the Western world) was still firmly in the grips of … Continue >

Leo

Leo

In the time travel adventure story Edge of Yesterday (originally, Out of Time), our heroine Charley plays violin–taught and encouraged by her professional violinist mom, Gwen. Charley and Gwen even compose what Charley calls a “sound poem” together–the song “Out of Time” that ends up connecting mother and daughter across centuries.  Practicing the violin is … Continue >

Tyranny or Freedom: the Choice is Ours

Tyranny or Freedom: the Choice is Ours

It is fitting on this holiday of American Independence, to look at what legacy the Founding Fathers (and Mothers) might want to bestow today. We are stuck in a paradigm of me versus you. Factionalism is on the increase because we haven’t yet recognized on a practical level how interdependent we are in this world. … Continue >