Author Archives: Krista Marson

What’s Growing In My Garden

Hello! And HAPPY NEW YEAR!! So, what’s everyone’s New Year Resolutions? Mine is to keep better care of my garden. I usually go with the “fend for yourself” route, but with climate change wrecking such havoc, I’ve decided to take a more hands-on approach to gardening this year. I want to keep things organic, soContinue reading “What’s Growing In My Garden”

Welcome to the New Normal

As I write this, there have been 133 days this year when the high temperature reached at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7C) in Phoenix, Arizona. It last reached at least 100° F on October 21, 2023, which is fairly late in the year for such a temperature to be achieved. In 2020, Phoenix that number was a whopping 144 days over 100Continue reading “Welcome to the New Normal”

The Romans Were Here

The Vesuna Temple was constructed in 2 AD. The only remaining part is the “cella” which is the sacred part that only the priest was allowed to enter. The tower is 27 meters high. Much of the tower was removed and the stone used in other buildings before it was protected in the 19th century.Continue reading “The Romans Were Here”

Lascaux Region in Paleolithic Times

Lascaux is a region in France where anatomically modern human remains were found, dating to about 28,000 years ago (Upper Paleolithic). The earliest modern humans – Cro-Magnons – were present in Europe by 43,000 years ago during a long interglacial period of particularly mild climate, when Europe was relatively warm, and food was plentiful. Some of the oldest worksContinue reading “Lascaux Region in Paleolithic Times”

Paleolithic Art

The Dame de Brassempouy (or Venus of Brassempouy) is a tiny head carved from mammoth ivory. It dates from the Upper Paleolithic and is about 25,000 years old. The fragmentary figurine is one of the earliest known realistic representations of a human face. The Venus of Brassempouy is preserved in the Musée d’Archéologie Nationale at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris. Since ivoryContinue reading “Paleolithic Art”