Author Archives: Kerry

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Starstruck Tonight

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Kerry

Starstruck Tonight, draft version (1 hr, 5 mins) Thursday night, April 27, at 6pm, Candace and I presented a virtual program for the Pioneer Library network. Here’s the event page. My thanks to Pioneer Library and Librarian Catherine Wahpeconiah for … Continue reading →

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Seismic Reflection open house

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Kerry

It was a delight to host participants in the Seismic Reflection conference in OKC for an open house at the History of Science Collections on April 12, 2023. Here are some of the books, labels, and photos from that event: … Continue reading →

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Deep peace of the shining stars

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Kerry

Deep peace of the shining stars to you Deep peace of the Son of Peace to you. On a wall of 20 Hills Cottage, that most hospitable of places, Hannah displays a prayer from Iona: The deep peace of the … Continue reading →

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Scotland in a blur

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Kerry

Craigneich farm in 2018 More and more of our family are making trips to Scotland, particularly to visit Magruder-related sites. First it was cousin Jennifer living in Edinburgh for a while; then Mother, Julie, and Laura visiting together; followed by … Continue reading →

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A Candlemas liturgy

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Kerry

Some years ago, we settled upon February 2 as the date we would celebrate the end of the Christmas season. Not because it is Groundhog Day in the United States (!), but because it marks the feast day of Candlemas … Continue reading →

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Ring out, wild bells

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Kerry

Alana Levandoski, “Ring Out, Wild Bells”Watch at You Tube For Advent and Christmas this year, Candace and I again are reading aloud together through Malcolm Guite, Waiting on the Word, a collection of poems and essay reflections. On New Years … Continue reading →

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Kindness and Hope

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Kerry

One of the pleasant surprises and joyous discoveries last month for us was the discovery, in a used-bookstore in Scotland, of the kind and hopeful book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, by Charlie Mackesy (Amazon). We … Continue reading →

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Twitter note

Posted on December 1, 2022 by Kerry

Over Thanksgiving break, I decided to quit Twitter. I don’t want to follow the Musk melodrama, nor become invested in the platform given its current instability, nor subject myself to the disruption of threads of people I follow due to … Continue reading →

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Winter’s Moon

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Kerry

From Loreena McKennitt’s forthcoming new live album Under A Winter’s Moon. Loreena has released a single of the oldest-known Canadian Christmas hymn, “Huron Carol.” It’s the first time she has ever recorded the song, written in 1642 by a Jesuit … Continue reading →

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Firbush November 2022

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Kerry

I’m so pleased that we’ll be able to participate in the upcoming Firbush retreat November 9-11. Thanks to Bob Walker, I’ve been invited to present about the new T. F. Torrance Science and Religion Collection (description here). My presentation will … Continue reading →

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Galileo’s Telescopic Discoveries: Thinking Visually in the History of Science

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Kerry

Thinking Visually IEEE VIS, the premier international conference on visualization and visual analytics, is bringing 1100 people to Oklahoma City this week either in-person or virtually. OU Professor David Ebert is one of the organizers of the conference. David is … Continue reading →

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OU History of Geology Collecting Initiative

Posted on October 15, 2022 by Kerry

“Preserving Papers of People, Places, and Things: The OU History of Geology Collecting Initiative,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver on Oct 9, 2022. OU History of Geology Collecting Initiative. Links from … Continue reading →

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