July 9, 2012
livefromthenypl: vintageanchor: “My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.” ―Oliver Sacks British neurologist Oliver Sacks was born today in 1933. Happy Birthday, Oliver Sacks! Sacks gave the annual Robert B. Silvers lecture at LIVE on September 21, 2009. Watch/listen to his lecture titled, “Hallucinations”, here… Happy birthday, Dr. Sacks! As a card-carrying member of the American Fern Society and Friend of the Garden, we thought it only right to wish him well on this, his 79th anniversary of being a cocktail of brilliant and awesome. Oaxaca Journal is still one of the most engaging reads I’ve tucked into in years, non-fiction or otherwise. And just bask in the glory of that t-shirt. —MN

livefromthenypl:

vintageanchor:

“My religion is nature. That’s what arouses those feelings of wonder and mysticism and gratitude in me.”
―Oliver Sacks

British neurologist Oliver Sacks was born today in 1933.

Happy Birthday, Oliver Sacks! Sacks gave the annual Robert B. Silvers lecture at LIVE on September 21, 2009. Watch/listen to his lecture titled, “Hallucinations”, here…

Happy birthday, Dr. Sacks! As a card-carrying member of the American Fern Society and Friend of the Garden, we thought it only right to wish him well on this, his 79th anniversary of being a cocktail of brilliant and awesome.

Oaxaca Journal is still one of the most engaging reads I’ve tucked into in years, non-fiction or otherwise. And just bask in the glory of that t-shirt. —MN

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June 4, 2012
beckybrinkman: Crepidomanes minutum is a filmy fern (Hymenophyllaceae) native to the Waimea Valley, O’ahu, Hawaii. The leaf blade of a filmy fern is usually only one cell thick. Filmy ferns are restricted to rainforest habitats that are continuously moistened by spray from waterfalls or seeps. They have existed since the Upper Triassic 200 mya., when many of the first dinosaurs evolved. Ever since reading Oliver Sacks’ Oaxaca Journal, I’ve been mulling over the intrinsic beauty and mystery of ferns. And, I know, “mystery of ferns” sounds like an optimistic textbook chapter in a freshman biology course. But plants this ancient can’t help but have a fascinating air about them. And a leaf blade one cell thick? Imagine if humans had that problem. Full-contact sports would be horrible. —MN

beckybrinkman:

Crepidomanes minutum is a filmy fern (Hymenophyllaceae) native to the Waimea Valley, O’ahu, Hawaii. The leaf blade of a filmy fern is usually only one cell thick.

Filmy ferns are restricted to rainforest habitats that are continuously moistened by spray from waterfalls or seeps. They have existed since the Upper Triassic 200 mya., when many of the first dinosaurs evolved.

Ever since reading Oliver Sacks’ Oaxaca Journal, I’ve been mulling over the intrinsic beauty and mystery of ferns. And, I know, “mystery of ferns” sounds like an optimistic textbook chapter in a freshman biology course. But plants this ancient can’t help but have a fascinating air about them.

And a leaf blade one cell thick? Imagine if humans had that problem. Full-contact sports would be horrible. —MN

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